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Rome.The Berlusconi government has irritated alot of people for alot of reasons. One reason being their efforts to modify Articolo 18, a Worker’s Rights article which protects employees from being fired without a justifiable cause. Obviously workers and unions are in an uproar. So Sergio Cofferati, general secretary of CGIL, the largest union in Italy, declared a National Day of Protest. A few days before the scheduled manifestation, Marco Biagi, economist and collaborator of the labour minister working against Articolo 18, was murdered in front of his home one evening coming home from work. The Brigate Rosse (Red Brigade) are presumably responsible for his death. Some members of the Berlusconi government then insinuated that Biagi’s death was due, in part, to Cofferati who, in his efforts to organize such a large protest had triggered off a kind of Bad Karma provoking feelings of hostility. And this hostility resulted with the reanimation of the Brigate Rosse and thus Biagi’s death. As if dissent were a gun. With this accusation the government probably had hoped for the cancellation of the manifestation. Instead, hundreds of thousands (some estimate even 3 million) people showed up in Rome this past Saturday to protest not only against the Berlusconi government but to protest against terrorism as well. In other words, to defend democracy. It was A Family Affair....couples walking hand in hand, fathers carrying kids, grandparents wearing tennis shoes peacefully walked the streets of Rome in protest. Many wore signs like: TU SI TU NO NO CI STO while others carried red CGIL flags. There were so many of these flags that the streets looked like A Red River Flow.The protesters walked to Circo Massimo where Cofferati gave his speech. It was A Beautiful Day and many sat on the grass, took out sandwiches from their knapsacks and ate while the crowd near Cofferati periodically cheered. Protest and Picnic. I was happy to be there.
he touched her with his flag
Rome.The Berlusconi government has irritated alot of people for alot of reasons. One reason being their efforts to modify Articolo 18, a Worker’s Rights article which protects employees from being fired without a justifiable cause. Obviously workers and unions are in an uproar. So Sergio Cofferati, general secretary of CGIL, the largest union in Italy, declared a National Day of Protest. A few days before the scheduled manifestation, Marco Biagi, economist and collaborator of the labour minister working against Articolo 18, was murdered in front of his home one evening coming home from work. The Brigate Rosse (Red Brigade) are presumably responsible for his death. Some members of the Berlusconi government then insinuated that Biagi’s death was due, in part, to Cofferati who, in his efforts to organize such a large protest had triggered off a kind of Bad Karma provoking feelings of hostility. And this hostility resulted with the reanimation of the Brigate Rosse and thus Biagi’s death. As if dissent were a gun. With this accusation the government probably had hoped for the cancellation of the manifestation. Instead, hundreds of thousands (some estimate even 3 million) people showed up in Rome this past Saturday to protest not only against the Berlusconi government but to protest against terrorism as well. In other words, to defend democracy. It was A Family Affair....couples walking hand in hand, fathers carrying kids, grandparents wearing tennis shoes peacefully walked the streets of Rome in protest. Many wore signs like: TU SI TU NO NO CI STO while others carried red CGIL flags. There were so many of these flags that the streets looked like A Red River Flow.The protesters walked to Circo Massimo where Cofferati gave his speech. It was A Beautiful Day and many sat on the grass, took out sandwiches from their knapsacks and ate while the crowd near Cofferati periodically cheered. Protest and Picnic. I was happy to be there.
he touched her with his flag
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