The teacher died in the neo-fascist massacre in Brescia
So as not to forget, because without memory there is no future, because today as yesterday the Constitution must be defended and old and new fascisms opposed. This is the meaning of the cycle of initiatives promoted on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the neo-fascist massacre in Piazza della Loggia in Brescia (28 May 1974), in which 8 people lost their lives and among them the teacher from Foggia and militant of the workers’ avant-garde and CGIL Luigi Pinto School.
“For us it is a commitment that is renewed year after year to sediment the memory of those events that affected the country and the lives of many people, the victims and their families – explained the general secretary of the CGIL of Foggia, Gianni Palma -. For the president of the Anpi (National Association of Partisans of Italy) of Capitanata, Michele Galante, “there is a thread that links the commitment of many workers and citizens of that time, in defense of the Constitution and democracy, and that of today , when we try to empty our constitutional charter, our democratic pact of citizenship, through other avenues.”
The program of events opens on Monday 27 May and ends on Saturday 1 June. “For us at the Flc (knowledge workers federation) – explained the general secretary of the knowledge category Giuseppe Ciuffreda – remembering the teacher Luigi Pinto is a duty towards the new generations”. “Our commitment to memory is never rhetorical – commented Domenico Rizzi, provincial president of Arci – we owe it to Luigi and the other victims of the massacre”.
