After the attacks by Casapound in June on the kids of Cinema America, who enliven Rome's evenings for free with the "Cinema in Piazza" in the center and in the suburbs of the capital, yesterday another gesture of hate and incredible violence against those wearing burgundy shirts which have now become a badge of the association "Little Americaand its supporters. It happened at Frosinone where a group of neo-fascists he surrounded a 33-year-old university researcher, Francesco Di Palma, who wore the burgundy shirt of Cinema America and who was witnessing a benefit concert for the fight against leukemia.
They told him to take it off. “They wanted my shirt and when I refused to take it off they started tugging at me and tearing my shirt. They were far-right." Five in all. They also broke his glasses, until the security of the demonstration intervened. The solidarity of the guys from Cinema America and their leader Valerio Carocci was immediate. Their shirt is now a symbol of mild anti-fascism and the desire for aggregation and solidarity of citizens through cinema against the solitude of cities and suburbs. This is what disturbs and frightens the fascist right.
But again no word of condemnation of the attack by the Northern League minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, who never misses an opportunity to cover up the misdeeds of the far right to which it always winks. Shouldn't defending citizens and hitting fascist violence be your institutional task? The truth is that the hatred he sowed made the lives of Italians much more insecure than before and sooner or later even the blindest of citizens will understand it.
Solidarity with the attacked researcher and the kids from Cinema America was instead expressed by secretary of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, who yesterday evening was in Piazza San Cosimato in Rome to see the screening of the boys in the burgundy shirts. But that would be the case on the safety of citizens in Italy, the Democratic Party should raise its voice and also give battle in Parliament to corner Salvini and bring down the castle of lies and defaults that distinguish his bad government action.
Read also the interview with Valerio Carocci, founder and president of the “Little America” association.
