Nicola Fratoianni, leader of Avs together with Angelo Bonelli, managed the feat of using the dead of Marcinelle to attack the government exactly seventy years after that tragedy. “They were emigrants, leaving in search of work and dignity. Instead, they found exploitation, inhumane conditions, and death. Remembering them is a duty. But memory only serves if it helps us look at the present. Because exploitation continues to kill. The places change, not the logic. Even today people die in the fields, on construction sites, in factories. And too often the highest price is paid by the most vulnerable workers,” he said.
And again: “Italy, meanwhile, has become a country of emigration again. Hundreds of thousands of people, especially young people, continue to leave in search of opportunities, while their future remains on the margins of public debate. Memory cannot be selective.”
Here is the lash at the center-right: “The Italian emigrants we remember today were often looked at with suspicion, marginalized, discriminated against, exploited. It is precisely that history that should prevent us from fueling fear and hostility towards those who are forced to migrate today. Because rights and dignity do not change with the passport. The best way to remember Marcinelle is to choose, every day, which side to be on: on the side of work, rights, and human dignity. Always.” Obviously, no mention of the red unionists who turned their backs on the president of the Senate while he was reading Mattarella’s message…
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