Fridays for future

«If the European Union wants to be serious about our security and global peace, it must cut ties with all dictatorships and accelerate the green and just transition of its economies», the Fridays For Future activist tells Open

Activists demonstrated throughout Italy:"There is no more time, the moment is now."Moments of tension in Turin, Milan and Genoa

Senate approves bill against climate activists Update July 14, 2023:The Senate has a bill passed to punish with more severe penalties damage, disfigurement, soiling and illicit use of cultural and landscape assets.The proposal is from Minister Sangiuliano but absorbs other bills proposed by the League and the Brothers of Italy in recent months.The bill, which has yet to be examined by the Chamber, provides, in addition to criminal sanctions, an autonomous administrative sanction imposed by the prefect for a sum between 20 thousand and 60 thousand euros.The crime of damage is then modified (art.635 of the Criminal Code) and that of defacing or soiling other people's property (art.639 criminal code).For the first, a fine of 10 thousand euros is added to the aggravating circumstance already foreseen by the Salvini-bis decree for the case in which the damage is committed during a demonstration in a public place or open to the public.For the second, punishment is also foreseen if the defac...

I declare, I was irritated by the gesture of a person who throws a tomato on a shrine or defaces monuments, even if not irreparably.Then I decided to delve deeper into the reasons and try to understand.I spoke at length with my twenty-year-old daughter, climate activist, Carlotta Sarina aka Struggle  who, introducing me to his activist friends from Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future, Ultima Generazione, made me reflect. I talked to them, I went to the their meetings, I tried to take off the weight of the presumption of truth, of the judgmental approach and I was literally left speechless by the depth of their ideas, their ability to network, their openness to discussion and their incredible ability to communicate and inform oneself. My initial approach was that of a person who professionally deals with communications and therefore I imagined I could help them communicate by making my experience available.A somewhat paternalistic approach that I gradually toned down until it...