Thursday 23rd October 2008

After the ‘68 “…the most important phenomenon has been the trade union movement of the 1969 (so called hot autumn) from where the new and quite potent unitary trade uni0n has come out, the triple, that has dominated the Italian economic/political life until today.

And how have things changed since then? The student movement and the trade union movement of those days were the result of the great economic development of the postwar period, of the huge western-world enrichment. The young people and workers of those days imagined, like Herbert Marcuse, a future so rich and safe that they could, better they had to, let instincts, too much oppressed by the ethics of profits and work, free. Society needed sexual freedom, emancipation, spare time, fun…”: Francesco Alberoni

 

Lord, is it possible that Your tenderness to me makes me be so tender to others that I have to control filter and often even freeze it?

 

Wednesday 22nd October. General movement in protest at Minister Gelmini. Students, university students, researchers, teachers, rectors, professors, parents, children.

Lots of holes burning on the forehead. A thumping head. Panic temptations. Reduced to a freak? Trust.

Not clear to the careless observer, because not bleeding.

3,00 a.m.. Mystic gift the crown of thorns. The forehead, holed, is burning. For hours. At times an almost unbearable pain. Impossible to sleep.

This article is available in Italian too