No Berlusconi Day Nederland

Anche Amsterdam dice: “Basta Berlusconi!”

nbdnederlands — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:14:59 +0000

Amsterdam- Uno striscione viola, una processione di cartelli, più di quattrocento voci e un flash dopo l’altro; piazza Dam è diventata un palco internazionale. Il No Berlusconi Day si è fatto sentire anche in Olanda. Un’unica ragione per scatenare quello che si è dimostrato uno schiaffo alla politica durante la crisi globale, che la BBC preferisce chiamare downturn, ovvero fase negativa.

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(Articolo di Marzia Papagna su “La Tramontana” di Perugia che parla del NBD di Amsterdam)

Per leggerlo tutto:

http://www.latramontanaperugia.it/articolo.asp?id=1428

Bombs (part II)

nbdnederlands — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:47:46 +0000

Today on “il Fatto” the only truly independent newspaper available in Italy:

Instigation to a lynch

(Paolo Flores d’Arcais)

When, as the vice-director did, of someone you say that these strange terrorists “have fed and comforted”, then you go beyond the most outrageous and nauseating defamation. There you infer and create a direct connection: behind the gesture of the criminal there is the pen of the jurnalist, that therefore has to be taken care of as the criminal should. That these deliriums on porpoise conceived to be provocative are made to close the mouth to the still free journalism via fascist laws or via “spontaneous” acts, will depend to the characteristics of the readers, if they have institutional place or not, and makes not much of a difference, since it will be well understood by the readers in both ways.

The president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano had defined a “Violent attach to the fundamental institutions of warranty int he italian constitution” Berlusconi’s speech at the deputies of the european popular party. Berlusconi’s Giornale, in this escalation in violence, goes further and sets the targets. It shall be clear that with their vile declaration as Cicchitto as the vice of Feltri declare themselves as guilty for any violence should come and be put in act against the man and woman of free press. THat against Berlusconi always used only the weapon of facts, logic, critical thought, and that Berlusconi’s pasdaran want to silence via instigation to violence.

An invitation to linch Berlusoni’s oppositions has been sent, and is repeated in a crescendo on the media. After the vile speech of on. Chicchitto, that dishonored the italian parliament pointing some free press as the “moral instigators” of the attach to Berlusconi, and pointing with his name and surname a journalist as “media terrorist” (obviously both the paper and the journalist had condemned the aggression), the vice of the director Alessandro Sallusti arrived to the ignominious act of defining on the Giornale (property of the Berlusconi family) “Santoro and Travaglio’s fans” the autors of the bombing of the Bocconi. So to say the ghostly “Informal Anarchist Federation” that already showed up with a attempt to Romano Prodi and Sergio Cofferati and to the Turin major Chiamparino, and that smells like “the services” from distance, according to the almost unanimous opinion of experts of the field in all these years.When, as the vice-director did, of someone you say that these strange terrorists “have fed and comforted”, then you go beyond the most outrageous and nauseating defamation. There you infer and create a direct connection: behind the gesture of the criminal there is the pen of the jurnalist, that therefore has to be taken care of as the criminal should. That these deliriums on porpoise conceived to be provocative are made to close the mouth to the still free journalism via fascist laws or via “spontaneous” acts, will depend to the characteristics of the readers, if they have institutional place or not, and makes not much of a difference, since it will be well understood by the readers in both ways.The president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano had defined a “Violent attach to the fundamental institutions of warranty int he italian constitution” Berlusconi’s speech at the deputies of the european popular party. Berlusconi’s Giornale, in this escalation in violence, goes further and sets the targets. It shall be clear that with their vile declaration as Cicchitto as the vice of Feltri declare themselves as guilty for any violence should come and be put in act against the man and woman of free press. THat against Berlusconi always used only the weapon of facts, logic, critical thought, and that Berlusconi’s pasdaran want to silence via instigation to violence.

I made a fast translation, please forgive my english (and help me to improve it). This the original text:

Istigazione al linciaggio

di Paolo Flores d’Arcais

L’invito al linciaggio degli oppositori di Berlusconi è ormai partito, e viene ripetuto in un crescendo mediatico. Dopo il vile intervento dell’on. Cicchitto, che ha

disonorato il Parlamento italiano indicando alcune testate dell’informazione ancora libera come mandanti morali dell’aggressione di uno psicolabile al premier, e additando con nome e cognome un giornalista come “terrorista mediatico” (testate e giornalista che ovviamente avevano condannato l’aggressione), il vicefeltri Alessandro Sallusti è arrivato all’ignominia di definire sul Giornale (proprietà di Berlusconi) “fans di Santoro e di Travaglio” gli autori dell’attentato alla Bocconi. Cioè quella fantomatica “Federazione anarchica informale” (Fai) che venne alla ribalta con un attentato a Romano Prodi, poi a Sergio Cofferati e infine al sindaco di Torino Chiamparino, e che puzza di servizi deviati lontano un miglio, secondo la quasi unanime opinione degli esperti del ramo in tutti questi anni.

Quando, come ha fatto il vicefeltri, di qualcuno si dice che questi strani terroristi “ li ha confortati e forse incoraggiati”, si va davvero oltre la più sgangherata e vomitevole diffamazione. Si insinua e infine si istituisce un legame diretto: dietro il gesto del delinquente c’è la penna del giornalista, che andrà dunque trattato alla stregua del delinquente. Che questi deliri consapevolmente provocatori e irresponsabili vengano letti come un invito a tappare la bocca al giornalismo ancora libero attraverso leggi fasciste o attraverso atti di squadrismo “spontanei”, dipenderà dalle caratteristiche dei lettori, se con cariche istituzionali o meno, e non fa poi molta differenza, visto che verranno compresi da chi legge come istigazione in entrambe le direzioni.

Il presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano, aveva definito un “violento attacco contro fondamentali istituzioni di garanzia volute dalla Costituzione”, il discorso di Berlusconi davanti ai deputati del Partito popolare

europeo. Il Giornale di Berlusconi, in questa escalation di violenza, va oltre, indica bersagli. Sia chiaro, con le loro infamanti dichiarazioni, tanto Cicchitto quanto il vicefeltri si dichiarano in anticipo correi per qualsiasi violenza dovesse avvenire contro gli uomini e le donne della libera stampa. Che verso Berlusconi ha sempre e solo usato l’arma dei fatti, della logica, dello spirito critico, e che i pasdaran di Berlusconi vogliono mettere a tacere con l’istigazione.

Bombs

nbdnederlands — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:56:37 +0000

Yesterday a bomb has been found partially exploded in the University of Milan. The timer according to the press was set around 3 in the morning, the detonator was ignited but the dynamite did not explode. 2 or 3 kg of dynamite apparently. The attempt was claimed to a “anarchist” group with a letter to “Libero” a Berlusconi supporting newspaper. The whole of the letter leacked almost immediately to the net, and is to be seen here: http://locali.data.kataweb.it/kpmimages/kpm3/gloc/rep-milano/2009/12/16/jpg_1806581.jpg.

This kind of actions have historically the effect of rising the tension on the mass media to help the government in difficulty giving the arguments to enforce police actions against the opposition. In the past such actions have been proven to be engineered by the Italian secret services, and were almost a sad routine in the period denominated by the historians “strategia della tensione”.

I find unbelievable the letter, because of it’s style and formatting, to be of real anarchist origin. And I have faith in the Milan Police and judges to find the real authors of this dangerous criminal action.

At the same time I found suspect the timing. Actually that the minister of interiors Maroni is drafting a law to allow him to filter internet content and apply to demonstration against Berlusconi and his government the same rules of electoral campaign. And the location were the bomb has been put is also suspect: a private university of fame as Bocconi can be instrumental to a campaign of intimidation towards mouvements of dissent to the government like the “Onda” (student mouvement) and “i Viola”, that animated the recent worldwide demonstrations asking the resignment of Berlusconi.

At this very moment some maneuvers are being put in action in the subterrains of the Italian political landscape. One of these, being proposed by Maroni aims to control media even tighter. First a direct line to put out of visibility web sites that disturb the political facade, bloggers, facebook groups and the like. Second the tighter control of the landscape were the political class moves. In practice the government idea is that to any public appearance of a government or a political party representative only supporters will be admitted, faking for the cameras a unconditional support in their action with no disturbance from passing by citizens and activists. Being the policy of italy made in the virtual spaces in TV, and being 95% of these spaces totally controlled by Berlusconi this goes in the direction of even tighter virtualization and spectacularization of the debate, to a higher degree of falsification.

This measure off course is necessary for those who routinely streamline the production of their masters appearences in TV with professional means not to have these efforts in make up and editing ruined by actions and questions that then tend to leack in the free space of internet and be diffused by independent voices.

In the days following the brutal attach of a madman to mr. Berlusconi a unprecedented campaign has been launched to take control or close down the few voices still rising questions of the legitimacy of Berlusconi’s government and it’s fit to govern the country. Travaglio, “il Fatto”, the newspaper “Repubblica”, the party of mani pulite former judge Di Pietro, the students mouvement etcetera.

We keep our eyes open and support the free press and the freedom of expression in italy with every mean of democratic action that we can use.

In the afternoon appeared this article on Times on-line that affirms the same doubts. (Thanks to Marcella for signaling to me)

Photos and press for NBD Italy

nbdnederlands — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:11:16 +0000

Thanks to Marzia Papagna for the italian press overview that we are going to publish here little by little.

A beautyfull set of pictures from a freelance photographer of the demonstration in ROme:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_iskra/sets/72157622820982457/
I receive a good article from Switerland’s newspaper “Le Temps” signaled from my aunt Betski: http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/259300ce-e2b5-11de-a441-e1a5b5896668/Forte_mobilisation_au_No_Berlusconi_Day
And here a piece appeared monday morning on the Volkskrant Volkskrant mon. 7 dec (pdf) and on the website of the volkskrant
NRC Handelsblad : http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article2430994.ece/Italianen_straat_op_tegen_Berlusconi
Per le traduzioni dei principali articoli sull’italia nella stampa estera monitorate: http://italiadallestero.info/
Dall’IDV olanda un clip sulla manifestazione da cui potete vedere un po’ di facce: http://www.youtube.com/idvolanda#p/a/u/0/MNXm3w0N-5c

How many were we?

nbdnederlands — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:48:57 +0000

The dutch press rounded the esteem of the Questura di Roma number that has been given as 90’000: so came out that there were 100’000 people in the roads of Rome.

In holland they don’t know that the count of people of the Questura does in Roma is historically 1/6th of the real number. Don’t expect italian TV to give a overview of the square. They will mount zoom lenses

It is known anyway that S. Giovanni Square holds 330’000 people (33.000 mq+ 2.400 sqmt (la scala santa)= 35’400 mq, 4 people in a sq. mt. makes 141’600+the road till S. Croce is 46.000 mq=184’000) total:=325’400. It is also opposable that 4 persons in a sq. mt. is the absolute maximum. That should imply to accept the assumption that a square at a demonstration is like a elevator. But even if that is not like a rock concert, were people make love all together in a demonstration the “comfort level” is more on “closeness” than in an elevator… What about to take as reference a bus then?

And this is only the people that stay. More came, more went.

As far as Amsterdam is concerned the AP said we were few dozens. How few?

At the moment of maximum presence, around 16:30 I have counted 320 heads behind the violet cloth. This makes 26 dozens. Are 26 dozens “a few”?

I think anyway that facebook seems to be more accurate as a counter than the police or the press. Maybe we should give them tools to count that are more precise. It should not be difficult to create a “box counting plug-in” for an overview camera. Is just about dividing your area in 3×3 mt squares and counting how many heads are for each square…

courtesy NBD

Press coverage for Holland: updated as soon as comes in…

nbdnederlands — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:53:35 +0000

Een Vandaag A nice overview of the reasons behind the NBD. They follow Laura, a second generation dutch/italian from her home to the demonstration in Amsterdam. Also images of the crowd in the square. Interesting to notice that the TV newsreel featured two woman journalists/speacker both dressed in violet. Not a coincidence?
A piece and an interview here: http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/en/2009/12/over-200-expected-anti-berlusconi-demo
the launch of Associated Press quoted on Parool and on various newspapers:

AMSTERDAM – Enkele tientallen mensen hebben zaterdagmiddag op de Dam in Amsterdam gedemonstreerd op No Berlusconi Day. De betogers hadden spandoeken bij zich met daarop teksten als ‘Berlusconi moet weg’ en ‘Papi, your time is coming’. Ook zongen ze liederen en riepen ze in het Italiaans en in het Nederlands leuzen als ‘weg met Berlusconi’.

”Berlusconi is ook een Europees probleem. Het is ook jullie probleem”, zei een van de demonstranten. Op een flyer die ze aan voorbijgangers uitdeelden, legden de betogers uit wat hun probleem is. ”Wilders aan de macht een nachtmerrie? In Italië is dat werkelijkheid: Berlusconi’s coalitiepartner de Lega Nord heeft voorstellen gedaan als gescheiden openbaar vervoer voor immigranten en het minarettenverbod”, stond op het papiertje.

Velen hadden paarse kleding of accessoires bij zich. Deze kleur herinnert aan geen enkele politieke partij en zou ludiek zijn in Italië.

No Berlusconi Day is ontstaan uit een initiatief van webloggers. In Italië trekt zaterdag een stoet met honderdduizenden demonstranten door Rome. Zij eisen het vertrek van premier Silvio Berlusconi. De oppositie wil dat hij aftreedt omdat hij ondemocratisch is en banden met de maffia zou hebben. (ANP)
De Volkskrant (newspaper) their website lounchhttp://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/article1324343.ece/Massademonstraties_tegen_Berlusconi
AT5, the Amsterdam Televisionhttp://www.at5.nl/artikelen/28331/demonstratie-no-berlusconi-day-op-dam
Parool, Newspaper of Amsterdam, http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTERDAM/article/detail/270718/2009/12/05/Protest-tegen-Berlusconi-op-de-Dam.dhtml
NOS Journaal http://www.nos.nl/nosjournaal/artikelen/2009/12/5/051209_wereldwijde_demonstraties_berlusconi.html
De Telegraaf, quotidiano populista di destra http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/5503978/__Demonstraties_tegen_Berlusconi__.html

Amsterdam
Op de Dam in Amsterdam deden enkele tientallen mensen mee aan No Berlusconi Day. De betogers hadden spandoeken bij zich met daarop teksten als ‘Berlusconi moet weg’ en ‘Papi, your time is coming’. Ook zongen ze liederen en riepen ze in het Italiaans en in het Nederlands leuzen als ‘weg met Berlusconi’.
„Berlusconi is ook een Europees probleem. Het is ook jullie probleem”, zei een van de demonstranten. Op een flyer die ze aan voorbijgangers uitdeelden, legden de betogers uit wat hun probleem is. „Wilders aan de macht een nachtmerrie? In Italië is dat werkelijkheid: Berlusconi’s coalitiepartner de Lega Nord heeft voorstellen gedaan als gescheiden openbaar vervoer voor immigranten en het minarettenverbod”, stond op het papiertje.

BNR Nieuwsradio 04-12-09

Radio 1 Radio 1 also discussed the NBD in the morning news, at 8:15.

RTV Noord-Holland

RTL nieuws 05-12-09

Set up fot infocenter NBD europe

nbdnederlands — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:47:36 +0000

Hello people, we are setting up from SUb offices in Amsterdam, followed by TV operators that fortunatelly are now eating a brodje (a sandwitch)….

To upload on the flickr account the images of the day, and beat the Associed Press on speed use the flickr account!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nbd-world/

If YOU STILL HAVE NO PW FOR IT ASK IT ON THE COORDINATION LIST!!!!

En waarom is Berlusconi ook UW probleem?

nbdnederlands — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:16:42 +0000

BASTA!

BERLUSCONI SLOOPT HET ITALIAANSE RECHT OM VERVOLGING TE ONTLOPEN
Als Berlusconi vindt dat hij onschuldig is moet hij dat net als ieder ander voor de rechter bewijzen. Als zijn laatste wetsvoorstel om zichzelf uit de bak aangenomen wordt, gaan honderdduizenden andere criminelen ook vrijuit.

IN ITALIE IS GEEN PERSVRIJHEID MEER
Zijn monopolie op de Italiaanse media leidt er toe dat kritische stemmen geen podium meer hebben. Nieuws wordt in Italië geselecteerd en vervormd tot de werkelijkheid die Berlusconi graag wil dat zijn volk ziet.

BERLUSCONI DOET NIKS AAN DE CRISIS
Italië wordt van heel West-Europa het hardst getroffen door de economische crisis, maar de premier heeft het te druk met zijn eigen problemen om daar iets aan te doen.

BERLUSCONI MINACHT VROUWEN
Berlusconi beschouwt vrouwen als objecten, die alleen beoordeeld kunnen worden op hun uiterlijk en hun bereidwilligheid (betaalde) seks met hem te hebben. Deze moraal wordt ook door zijn televisiezenders uitgedragen, die ieder programma decoreren met schaars geklede vrouwen.

En waarom is Berlusconi ook UW probleem?

IN ITALIE IS SEGREGATIE AL AAN DE MACHT
Segregatie aan de macht een nachtmerrie? In Italië is dat werkelijkheid: Berlusconi’s coalitiepartner de Lega Nord heeft voorstellen gedaan als gescheiden openbaar vervoer voor immigranten, en het minarettenverbod.

HET CDA HOUDT HEM DE HAND BOVEN HET HOOFD
Het CDA predikt normen en waarden, maar heeft Berlusconi geholpen door in het Europees Parlement een resolutie te blokkeren die de Italiaanse personvrijheid aan de kaak stelt.

ITALIAANSE CORRUPTIE TREFT OOK NEDERLAND
Omdat fraude ongestraft blijft, wordt in Italië op grote schaal gefraudeerd met de EU-subsidies waaraan Nederland meebetaalt. De Mafia is niet alleen actief in Italië: in Nederland wordt geld witgewassen.

EUROPESE HYPOCRISIE IS GEVAARLIJK
Europa exporteert democratie maar heeft in eigen huis de zaken niet op orde. Deze hypocrisie heeft gevolgen voor het draagvlak voor democratisering en voor de veiligheid van wie hier in het buitenland bij betrokken is.

BASTA!

BERLUSCONI IS DESTROYING ITALIAN JUSTICE TO AVOID PROSECUTION
If Berlusconi thinks he is innocent he should prove this before the law, like all other citizens. If his last proposal to keep himself out of jail becomes law, hundreds of thousands of other criminals will go unpunished.

ITALY HAS NO FREE PRESS
Berlusconi’s monopoly on Italian media means that critical voices are banned. News is selected and transformed to present citizens with the truth Berlusconi wants them to believe.

BERLUSCONI IS NOT ATTACKING THE CRISIS
Of all Western European countries, Italy is being hit the hardest by the current crisis. Its prime minister is too busy dealing with his own problems to act.

BERLUSCONI DESPISES WOMEN
Berlusconi treats women as objects, whose value can only be judged base don their attractiveness and their willingness to have (paid) sex with him. These values are broadcasted by his TV-networks, which decorate all their shows with seminude women.

And why should YOU care?

SEGREGATIO IS ALREADY IN POWER IN ITALY
Segregation in government a nightmare? In Italy it is reality: Berlusconi’s allies Lega Nord have proposed a minaret ban and separate public transport for immigrants.

THE CDA IS PROTECTING HIM
The CDA preaches norms and values, but has helped Berlusconi by blocking a resolution criticizing the lack of free press in Italy, in the European Parliament.

ITALIAN FRAUD DOES NOT ONLY AFFECT ITALY
Because corruption is hardly ever punished, EU-funded subsidies are defrauded instead of being spent where they are necessary. The Mafia does not just do business in Italy, its arms reach across the world.

EUROPEAN HYPOCRISY IS DANGEROUS
Europe exports democracy abroad but turns a blind eye to problems at home. This hypocrisy has consequences for missions abroad.

AT5, NOS and NT5 on Dam square!

nbdnederlands — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:17:31 +0000

Our event is attracting a lot of media attention. AT5 told me yesterday that they will be covering the event on the square. Today NOS expressed the same intention. Our volunteers and speakers are getting many call for radio interviews from all over the country, and many dutch people are expressing the will to come to demonstrate with us.
All people that share our goal are welcome on the DAM. Be sharp, be many, and be smart!

Color is violet! Please try to use dutch and english in our communication and remember that the Italian problem is a european one, and to make this clear is the contribution we can give to our common home: europe!

New appointment for the 5th dec. demo: DAM SQUARE

nbdnederlands — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:04:10 +0000

Il NO B Day Amsterdam del 5 dicembre vola in alto:

A causa del numero altissimo di adesioni siamo passati di categoria: il 5 dicembre la manifestazione avra’ quindi luogo nel DAM.
La manifestazione e’ ufficialmente autorizzata dal comune e abbiamo tutti i necessari permessi. Appuntamento cambiato dunque a 5 dicembre, ore 15:00 piazza Dam, lato obelisco!

cercate di spargere la voce affinche’ tutti lo sappiano, approfittate per invitare piu’ e piu’ persone, che la piazza possiamo anche rischiare di riempirla!

NO B Day Amsterdam : 5 dec. Upgraded!
Because of extra-large number of people attending the event we have been upgraded from Leidseplein to DAM square. It is an officially authorized gathering. Please help spread the news to be sure everyone knows: 5 December, 15:00, Amsterdam DAM Square, the obelisk side !

Take the chance to send the news around again. Let’s fill the square with anger and hope!

HOW TO GET THERE?