April 25th in Bologna today, antagonists in procession burn photos of Meloni

About thirty Pearl workers participated in the celebrations a Mountain Sun: they went on stage singing a re-adaptation to their situation of the popular song ‘La Lega’ which in the original version talks about the condition of weeders. With them also Stefania Pisani, secretary of Filtec Cgil of Bologna. “They deprived us of our salaries, of our jobs but not of our dignity“, said the women who started a workshop to create t-shirts and finance their battle. “We know that work is the only condition for being free – they added – and we want to defend it”. Also on stage was Maurizio Landini, of the CGIL.​​​​​​

“In expressing solidarity with the Prime Minister, I wonder how those who say they are doing… freedom of thought its own fundamental principle, to claim to impart lessons of respect, democracy and tolerance to anyone”, is the bitter comment of Galeazzo Bignami, deputy minister of infrastructure and transport and FdI deputy.

A photo of the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was burned during an antagonistic procession, organized by the CUA and other collectives, which started from Piazza dell’Unità. The demonstration had been called for April 25th. The gesture was condemned by the Brothers of Italy: “The usual violent people praise freedom but are always ready to take it away from those who don’t think like them”, thunders Marta Evangelisti, FdI group leader in the Region.

The photo of Meloni burned in via Stalingrado in Bologna

The celebrations end with “Hello beautiful”while in front of the Shrine of the Fallen about seventy people (politicians, journalists, artists, ordinary citizens, personalities of civil society) read Scurati’s monologue censored by Rai. There “relay” against all censorship it began with the reading of Mayor Matteo Leporefollowed by those of the president Anpi Bologna Anna Cocchiby the president of the Emilia-Romagna journalists’ association Silvestro Ramunnoup to political exponents like Antonio Mumolo and Sandra Legs. There are also many ordinary citizens, representatives of civil society like Fulvio De Nigris of the Casa dei awakenings and the actor Alessandro Bergonzoni. Also present in Piazza Nettuno laserthe Emilia-Romagna press association.

“Differentiated autonomy And premiered they are a distortion of our Constitution”. The general secretary of the CGIL said this, Maurizio Landiniwhich from the stage of Monte Sole he threw one general mobilizationin preparation for the general demonstration scheduled for May 25th in Naples, in defense of the values ​​of our constitutional charter. If the Government “were to call a referendum and the quorum was exceeded, we would witness the paradox that in this country an authoritarian turning point would occur with the citizens’ vote. I am convinced, however, that this Government majority is not the majority of the country”

Meanwhile, many people gathered in via Stalingrado for the pro-Gaza demonstration with Palestinian posters and flags.

The Deputy Minister of Transport Galeazzo Bignami during the celebrations he clapped several times. And even when the president of the Arci said that “This day is only divisive if you are a fascist“. “You’ve been asking me these things since I was 18… I swore by the Constitution“. Censorship in Rai? “I am against it in every context. I read Scurati’s speech from Giorgia Meloni’s page”.
AND on those who do not declare themselves anti-fascistsays Bignami, “it’s that someone’s problem“.

Closes the celebrations the intervention of the national president of Arci, Walter Massawhich doesn’t skimp harsh attacks on the government and its representatives who used words like “ethnic replacement“, declared to have i busts of Mussolini at home and yes “I am disguised as executioners“, referring to Bignami and to Nazi uniform worn to a party in 2005. But what created controversy above all was the passage about the “Gaza massacre that no television station documents”. “I’ve been to Rafah and only associations and NGOs allowed us to document what was happeningwhile in Italy there was a sports bar discussion about the use of the words genocide or massacre. Having these discussions is not very human: the real issue is the ceasefire”, he said. Much applause in the square, while De Paz, president of the Jewish Community, approaches a visibly annoyed Lepore. On the sidelines of the celebrations he criticizes Massa’s intervention, calling it “provocative and divisive . I believe that April 25th should be an opportunity to remember the values ​​of the Liberation as well as the mayor did in his speech”.

Finally, there is a I remember the victims of the Suviana power plantcited by Cocchi and Walter Massa, president of Arci.

In via del Pratello the party has already begun: hundreds of people and many children have gathered in the street symbolizing the Bolognese resistance.

In Piazza San Rocco under a large one Palestinian flag The children’s choir he started to sing partisan songswhile along the road stands with gadgets and food are taken over by partygoers.

At Pratello the children’s choir singing partisan songs under the Gaza flag

Thousands of people they arrived, like every year, on meadow of San Martino di Monte Sole. The bad weather of recent days and the cold temperatures have not stopped families, groups of children, but also older people, accompanied by children and grandchildren. The morning opened with the deposition of laurel wreaths in Marzabotto to honor the 770 people killed in the Monte Sole area between the end of September and the first days of October 1944. Then the morning continued with a concert of the Le Chemin des Femmes choirs And The Cores and a religious fiction of Little Family of the Annunziata. Various speeches will follow from the stage, including those from the president of the Emilia-Romagna Region Stefano Bonaccini and the general secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini.

Moment of emotion when the councilor spoke for the Region Donini who from Piazza Nettuno indicated the Shrine of the Fallen: “My grandfather is there. Died a free man. He was 25 years old...”

The Melonian deputy minister applauds even when the president Anpi recalls the need for “freedom of the press”when he mentions Ustica and the journalist Andrea Purgatorithe murders of Fosse Ardeatine and strongly accuses “the demonstrations of those who still use the fascist salute with the outstretched hand”.

Also at the celebrations in Piazza Nettuno Daniele De Paz, president of the Jewish Community: “We must declare ourselves anti-fascists every day. April 25th does not deserve any climate of controversy. I hope that this day can be celebrated in a peaceful environment. Today is the holiday of all Italians“.

“There Our Constitution is anti-fascist given that the values ​​of the Resistance constitute its backbone”, says the president of AnpiCocchi, remembering the great commitment of women in the Resistance, citing all the women of the Constituent Assembly. And, before Lepore’s speech, ties the partisan association handkerchief around the mayor’s neck.

The mayor also dedicates much of his speech to Giacomo Matteotti killed by fascists. “We will commemorate the 100th anniversary of his assassination with a light installation featuring a phrase from the socialist martyr along the bridge in via Matteotti and we will put a plaque in via Fondazza where Matteotti stayed during his studies at Unibo”. And he adds: “RI reiterate my being anti-fascist, Italian and European. We must not let ourselves be devoured by the black beast.”