The demonstration in the square in Latina in memory of Satnam Singhthe 31-year-old Indian laborer who tragically died abandoned in front of the house after being trapped on a farm in Borgo Santa Maria (in the Latin area) in a roller machine that had cleanly severed his right arm, it turned into a political-militant event. And it’s a real shame, because the worker who passed away last June 17th would have deserved far more gestures of solidarity than the whistles and (above all) the insults uttered by the participants of the mobilization towards municipal, regional and national administrators all belonging to the world of centre-right. Apart from the two testimonies of friends who worked alongside Singh, everything else was just a red-tinted rally.
Flags of the Democratic Party, 5 Star Movement, Green-Left Alliance, Action, Anpi and the acronyms Flai, Fiom, Fillea, Filctem and Spi were the backdrop to the stage set up this afternoon in Piazza della Libertà. Multiple attacks on members of the Meloni government, with Minister Lollobrigida continually targeted in the interventions of trade unionists and professional and student associations and pointed out almost as if he were exclusively responsible for the deaths at work in recent decades and for the gangmaster exploitation that has affected the entire national territory. The representative of the National Association of Italian Partisans – ça va sans dire – could not help but talk about the regime of the 1920s regarding those who currently reside in Palazzo Chigi: “Democracy is stronger against this fascism“, shouted Vincenzo Calò.
The possibilities of reflection and united dialogue between the institutional parties involved – on a topic which should have maximum transversal sharing – were completely eliminated when the mayor of Latina, Matilde Celentano, elected just over a year ago with the Brothers of Italy and with the support of the entire centre-right alliance. The first citizen of the provincial capital tried to carry forward a discourse of pure common sense so that a community could become even closer to the family and friends of Satnam. “If we want Satnam not to be another death on the list of workplace accidents, we must have the courage to admit that we are all responsible for the hateful phenomenon of gangmastering, both the institutions and the citizens who prefer not to see“, said Celentano. The one against gangmastering is a “war of civilizations to be fought togetherLatina will not shy away from the commitment to this battle“.
Her five minutes of speech, however, were initially greeted with extreme coldness by the demonstrators and then with a series of protests and insults against her as the representative of a party and an alliance considered an enemy to be defeated.
From the square we could clearly hear terms such as “murderers”“accomplices”, “s**de”, “fascists”“go to hell”, “you are responsible”“go and tell that to the government people”.
