The gaze of young people helps us not to give in to the temptation to consider the 25 April an old and useless ritual: this was stated on Thursday President of the Province Luca Santambrogio in Monza. The celebration of the liberation from the Nazi-fascist dictatorship, he explained, it must become an opportunity to question ourselves about the present, about the challenges that await uson the ability to embody the values that the Resistance has left us.
Monza, the ceremony of April 25th: «Updating and transmitting its values»
We can update April 25th and transmit its values, he continued, if we manage to «not to remain silent in the face of episodes of intolerance, to fight against regimes and wars, to commit ourselves to the dignity of all, to combat climate change».
April 25th, he reiterated, is everyone’s holiday, regardless of political beliefs: «In a complex society in which processes of trivialization can produce fears and generate anger and intolerance – he said – the values of freedom, solidarity and equality are more relevant than ever» and, quoting Pope Francis, he has invited young people to be protagonists of inclusion and builders of a common home may it be a place of brotherhood, solidarity and peace.
Monza, the ceremony of April 25th: «The traces to follow in the Constitution»
It’s April 25th memory to share without prejudicesaid the mayor of Monza Paolo Pilotto, but it is also «the day that exalts the values of freedom, human dignity and democracy, obscured for many years by dictatorship, Nazi-fascism and war. «We come from a common history and we intend to build other parts of the journey together – he added – we are aware that what we are today is the result of the commitment of many people who are protagonists of a Resistance expressed in many ways”.
«The answer to the previous darkness was work, the Constitution, the birth of the Republic, the development of a democratic nation, the idea of a Europe that abandoned aggression» and faced common economic and cultural choices. In the Constitution, he declared, they are there «the fundamental paths to follow: work and democracy, the protection of rights and the duty to share, the preservation of peace».
The celebrations of April 25th, June 2nd, November 4th are for everyone: «None – said Pilotto – it belongs more to some and less to others. Recovering its meaning is possible without divisions and painful distinctions».
Monza, the ceremony of April 25th: «Liberation Day and not freedom, how to say you are free»
«April 25th is Liberation Day, not freedom – commented the president of the Anpi Emanuela Manco – and we must not underestimate those who would like to take advantage of phonetic matching» to fuel confusion.
Brianza, he recalled, contributed to the Resistance not only with many partisans but also with the workers who went on strike in ’43 and ’44, the farmers, the women. He therefore hoped that «the word anti-fascism is no longer a taboo» and, he reflected, «one is not free if a generation of young people does not have a stable job, if every day there are three deaths at work, if over one hundred women a year are killed, if there is no freedom of expression, if in the world many people are harassed and deprived of rights».
The students of theEnzo Ferrari institute in Monza and the Marching band Of Triuggio.
