They raise signs against the closures that kill their activities and the hardships of a lifetime.
They protest angrily after a year of closures and experiments gone wrong that have hit a category as strong as they are: restaurateurs.
This is a very difficult time and the future is certainly not for anyone.
We are in a country with many injustices and inequalities of which little is known, of undeclared work, illegal hiring, the exploitation of the invisible.
We come from a recent history of dictatorship and war and we came out of it also thanks to men and women, young and old who rebelled against violence and death: the sacrifice of many who had the courage to stand up for Freedom against Fascism. democracy has brought us as a dowry, the one that makes us express our dissent and our opinions without risking our lives and the possibility of electing those who govern us.
We are not in Turkey where the dictator fights against women’s rights and imprisons those who do not think like him.
We have a chance to recover thanks to the European funds of the next generation, a government of national salvation and a respected prime minister in Europe …
What responsibility are the protesters of recent days against?
Against the anti-covid restrictive measures and in favor of the freedom of beach holidays?
In contrast to those who persist in heeding the warning to be cautious?
I do not intend to trivialize the problems of the lack of work and the economy of a country, but I believe that there are the means to find a synthesis and to know that at the end of a confrontation decisions are made.
The examples of India and Brazil should make us think.
closing in on one’s own borders and interests, not seeing beyond one’s problems does not help us.
And this applies to everyone
We ask to address the inefficiencies that block aid and to act quickly and let’s not forget that it is in moments like this that the true face of each of us comes out.
The anger of the square is more than justified, what is not acceptable is to blame those who have nothing to do with it
Saying “gay at the stake”, a more or less precise statement by Lega Nord councilors, or confusing the freedom to hate with the freedom to live reveals true thinking.
It is up to the Italians to use what distinguishes us from other living beings on the planet.
Draghi is right: not choosing (which side to take) is immoral