Italy: Ten thousand in Rome claim “Nationalizations here and now”- WFTU NEWS

A large popular demonstration invaded the streets of the capital to claim “Nationalizations here and now”.

The event, organized by the Unione Sindacale di Base – to inaugurated the “International Week of Fight against privatizations” called by TUI PS&A to which other political and social groups have joined.

Ten thousand have paraded from Piazza della Repubblica to San Giovanni to demand that entire pieces of the strategic sector of the country back under public control, starting with Autostrade, the Benetton family company protagonist of the massacre of Ferragosto in Genoa, continuing with Alitalia, Telecom and all the other companies sold off to the so-called courageous captains, heroic only in churning out crises and layoffs.

The event, organized by the Unione Sindacale di Base – to inaugurated the “International Week of Fight against privatizations” called by TUIPS&A to which other political and social groups have joined .

During the rally there were many interventions especially that one of Mimmo Lucano, mayor of Riace, famous in the world for his model of integration arrested in early October by the Italian government on charges of aiding illegal immigration, Lucano greeted the people among the cheers. “We must say no to barbarism – and if it was possible in Riace, with more reason we can all make an effort for a normal Italy”.

Emotion for the greeting of the representative of the Amiu ( Municipal Waste Company) of Genoa who recalled the three comrades killed by the collapse of the Morandi bridge.