| was closed yesterday Festaunità Democratic , the first Festival of Genoa PD. As I said in my closing speech, this event is the greatest gift that the DS have made the Democratic Party . a party that was a great success, from all points of view. a party that we really felt pushed by a new heart . will soon be time to take stock and will share them with you, hope to receive your impressions, your comments and suggestions for a Day 2009, which retains better than its predecessor, improving on everything you can and we still need work. This is why the blog will be active for a few more days, so that the reflection phase post-Festival is more fruitful than ever. was yesterday us to conclude this marathon three weeks Piero Fassino, one of the men whom we should be appreciative of the work for the birth of PD . We introduced Victor and I soon left the stage for ' public interview of the Director of the nineteenth century Lanfranco Vaccari . Fassino has claimed the ' originality of the process that led to the PD : Democratic Congress, which established the transition from creating the new parties, then the search of members, which preceded the actual formation of the party and indeed has been the assumption. The PD is a party that was born, democratically, first to its members that in organisms . There are other unique ways of creating a party, for example, from the running board of a car, but we can claim a method of transparent, democratic and participatory, that is the envy of Europe and the world. 33% collected in the elections, albeit from a very difficult position, says a lot about how strong and credible was our operation. 33% is a huge basin election. Only five parties in Europe have raised rates so high. The PD, as the larger, much more will be able to represent a company that wants to drive.  For each birth it takes two parties and creating two wills. The child born at the beginning of its existence, it is always very independent, very independent and very different from their parents and only conquest growing its total neutrality. For the PD is the same: it is clear that, having been born from the will of DS and Margherita, contaminated with the fundamental contribution of civil society, the party affected and not yet fully one third compared to the founding parties. This is because build a party is a process, not an instant reaction . Since the PD is neither a barracks or a party-company -style manor is inevitable that there are differences inside of visions and opinions, however much summed up with the word "pluralism" that the term "current". The important thing is that there will be a synthesis between the Democratic minority position. The PD, according to Fassino, has a long future ahead, the future in which the leader is confident, and to justify this conviction, relies on a practical example, which we all live every day without realizing it. In his many post-election meetings with the militants, Fassino has heard many criticisms, not personal, but at the PD: the choice of alliances, candidates, program, etc. ... so many voices that complained about the tardiness with which it was created the new party. However not a voice was raised to never say "we lost because he was born the PD would be better to go back." Even in demanding a greater role in the opposition there's definitely too much emphasis. In what kind of democracy in the world five months after the elections the ruling party is in deep crisis as the party defeated in elections is quick to revenge? also create an effective opposition is a political process and processes are not the sum of events, but exactly the opposite , the events are the consequence and effect of processes. At the end of this process, the PD will have to buy the credibility that comes from the accompaniment always stop "NO" to the Government's proposals with "YES" and "AS" as firm and precise. Also on generational was exaggerated. The replacement is under way: at all levels of the PD party leaders and elected officials in the institutions that belong to a new generation and Genoa is no exception. At the same time we must be convinced that directors or managers there is a sudden, the policy is not another job, but you still need the professionalism and competence. The debate continued toccandi issues such as dialogue between majority and opposition, school, the electoral law - national and European economy. I am not here possible to trace all the stages of the passionate speech, that I propose to explain in full later. The conclusion of the evening is reserved for a hard attack on the two faces of the government. It 's true that the polls show that the first 100 days of the government were apprezzatti and that the honeymoon continues. But success in the polls is due to the ad strategy far more than the force of facts . The Government's action is in fact based on two truths: the truth demagogic, that is not true of anything, but is inculcated to the people, and the harsh reality of the facts and figures, nailing Government majority and its own responsibility and failure. At the PD is responsible for the emergence and triumph of the one truth exists. often these days, and even in these last lines, we breathed a heavy air of sadness about the fate of our country and fear for his fate. This may be saddened us, but just to Day everyone has certainly been able to find commitment, warmth, solidarity, and many, many smiles . why I want to close the final story of this diary with the most simple and beautiful image of the world: that of a smile. 
Day 19 - Rain, government ... |
penultimate day of Day yesterday, and here comes a pouring rain to sweep away the summer and create a general stampede from the fairgrounds. In Room Aldo Moro talking about Europe, the major themes of the political agenda of the continent and national linked to the Union. A debate is two MEPs of PD, Donata Gottardi and Gianluca Susta and Guido Montani President of the European Federalist Movement, introduced by Antonello Carè of Genoa PD and moderated by Charles Gualco director of the Center in Europe.
Europe is confronting a severe crisis due to the recent Irish "no" to the Lisbon Treaty, which, in turn, is a last resort after the "no" in France and Holland in 2005 to the European Constitution. However, these wastes originate from that serious lack of information and fairness in information that leads to attribute blame to Europe and that it did not enter the agenda of what should be EU-wide consultation (whether by referendum or elections EP) national issues absolutely. Donata Gottardi episode tells a blatant disinformation: some months ago the Council of Europe (organized by different European and includes 46 countries), expressed alarm over the policy of the Italian Minister Maroni on Roma and Sinti. In the evening dedicated to the TG1 news service using as a long background images inside and outside of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, other than an institution, which has a different location. Corriere said the same mistake the next day. Add to this the well-known phenomenon effectively summarized by the slogan: governments tend to nationalize communautarise Europe's successes and its failures .
Yet we must not restrict Europe's problems and those related to lack of information. The fact remains that Europeans are experiencing a crisis of identity , which are no longer able to see that element in the key to safety, wealth and progress of the continent, which has been for decades. To reconstruct this knowledge to move on from a Europe still economic-centric to a Europe much closer to the political and especially the social one. Finally, it is inevitable
a reference to the reform of the electoral law for the European . Both MPs say they are adamantly opposed to a barrage 5%, 3% in identifying the maximum threshold . Do not ignore the fact that the vast majority of other countries, the barrier is theoretically 5%, and in fact very often much higher, up to 15-20%, but think of Italy, for its history and traditions, a different case, which apply different solutions.
more complex way the issue of preferences . Susta is clear and firm in saying it disagrees with the proposals of the Democratic Party on this issue. This is because the system of preferences must be effective. The electoral campaign for European Parliament is very expensive: if the parties do not guarantee equality in the expenditure of individual candidates is obvious that whoever wins the most money and advertising in newspapers and on television. In addition, in certain areas of Italy, the preference may not be as transparent and democratic as in others. The blocked list, if accompanied an effective system for selecting candidates from the party, however, can be the answer. Keep the current law, which has three major preferences in college, would, according to both gentlemen, the best solution ; for Gottardi also because the current system allows women to emerge much more .
After dinner it was the turn of the expected debate on welfare, in which Turkish Livia discussed the plight of the industry with the same Donata Gottardi, Roberta Papi , councilor of the Municipality of Genoa and Claudio Montaldo, regional councilor for health, Moderate Manuela Facco executive of PD in Genoa. Neither showed a dramatic picture, in which the government acts with alone mentality of cutting , horizontal and indiscriminate, and end up penalizing the weakest. When the deluge came the joke was simple: it's raining Government thief, thief of health, pensions thief, thief social security.
The debate on welfare was the last of this first edition of the Festival of PD. Just a small budget is that you opened Manuela Facco, head of the debates of Festival. The Feast
embraced in these twenty days many political agenda, ranging from a predominantly local dimension to the great issues of the modern world. All, without exception, have a good audience participation, with many cases where we had a real full house. I can only thank all those who made it possible to organize these key moments, and in particular its Manuela which of them has made the greatest load. The discussions were evidence of how much desire to enrich and deepen political participation there is in the people of the Democratic Party, a desire that we hope to have at least partially satisfied with our commitment to Day it was also and above all, a political party . PS: The picture today is dedicated to Rosanna Stifano (left) and Hira Grossi, who organized the evening concerts to " the Scalo - young space" Another key piece of our great party .
Day 18 - rid the dwarves  E 'night at the Festival on stage when the room reaches Aldo Moro Giovanna Melandri, applauded by a wide audience. The scene will be for his Throughout the evening, which will address, with the air and drive that set it apart, so many strong themes of the political agenda nationally.
the afternoon instead drink with Lower Valley Need an interesting and unusual debate entitled: " family policies: a route to Lisbon . To introduce the topic and panelists is Lorenzo Basso, Regional Council of Liguria, which explains the reasons behind the choice of title: family Europe (Lisbon in the title refers to the European Union's Lisbon Strategy ) communities are smaller and the larger in this share a moment worrying identity crisis. Particularly true with regard to the speech of Italy: the country traditionally associated with the project of a united and pluriidentitaria and based on sound familiar, but now they realize it is in its crisis in Europe, which in the management of family dynamics. An application that relies on Low speakers is this: the state today must still have the task of recognizing the family as a social place, protect it and invest it?
Pezzana Paul - President of Federation of Homelessness-Italian Caritas - focuses its work on a postulate and hypothesis. The first can be summarized as follows: main function of institutions is to provide citizens real opportunities to welfare. The scenario being the following: the process of being developed with the report and the policy must make choices to pursue it, the choices can vary according to the temples of the place. Welding between good laws and good administration is the reform . In the West is its ability to develop the political processes that create well-being in crisis.
Europe and family share the essential elements : In both the solidarity dimension is a generative, both are projected into the future and are based on recognition, dialogue and acceptance.
Pezzana then launches in a compelling metaphor: Europe and the family are like garden gnomes , placed as an ornament to another set of choices on the part of a policy that thinks about and think small. Then, as there is a Front for the Liberation of garden gnomes, Pezzana calls to free the seven dwarfs and presents them one by one, physically removing the bag puppets of the seven dwarves of the daughter and throwing the public a sign of liberation
- Eolo: the economic potential of the family and Europe, to be reinvented around the concept of family as a producer of wealth and not just as consumers should be enhanced (by salary) work in the home of one parent and introduce real paths to return to work for who he's moved away to take care of their children. For this action, Europe is just the right size, the only one who can fight against the disturbing given that 28% of families with two children is at risk of poverty.
- Dotto : we must free ourselves from the formal reins of the family to talk and get to the heart of the problem, perhaps by developing a common charter of European families.
- puppy is the generative and creative potential . If it is not supported there is no future birth rates, Italy spends 4.8% of GDP for debt interest, exactly the same amount that France invests in policies for the family.
- Gongolo: European solidarity and the family . Today solidarity is short, short and closed. Should enhance the work in the family and in 3rd sector.
- Mammolo: is the potential for participatory . Pezzana provocative proposal: why not vote to lower entitlements to recognize mothers?
- Sleepy : is the potential for peaceful and safe . Roads on which Europe is coming back, developing a mindset that, when applied to family life would mean that the family is at peace when there is an authoritarian father who keeps all good and is safe if he can build a fence around him to keep out others. There is need of brotherhood, the younger sister of freedom and equality, forgotten in the construction of modern states. The fraternity is allows you to discover different between equals.
- Grumpy : is the critical voice, which must never be missed because it is the basis of any resistance and any idea of \u200b\u200bthe future. Of course, there
Snow White, which is the policy : the kiss can wake up the people and return to the castle which is the civil society. An ambitious end of this metaphor see the PD as the prince who wakes Snow White and leads to the castle. A second instead sees the final PD the eighth dwarf, groping, and lying asleep . Everyone is hoping we can raise, he kissed Snow White and bring it to the castle.
The discussion is then to Andrea Sarubbi, a member of PD and journalist . Talk about puppy, birth. At one time the Europeans were 28% of the world population today is less than 15%. The average age of Europeans in '50 was 29 years old, now 38, in 2050 49. This regression, however, demographic
especially strong in Italy and Spain, much less in the Scandinavian countries, the United Kingdom or France.
Since giving birth to children is an individual choice of public importance you must change the cost / benefit ratio between a child and do not do . In France, if you already have two sons, the third "should", thanks to a specific tax policy favorable to large families. Why if I buy a cell phone for work I can deduct the expense, but if you buy diapers that I can not? The problem of falling birth rate is linked to policy choices and not to religious convictions: Take the example of France, where there are more children, and divorces and abortions are more than in Italy. France spends 12% of social spending on family policy, Italy 4%. In France the woman who gives birth to third child pays the state € 750 per month for a year and use the taxation system of splitting income. Furthermore, young people first enter the world of work and have greater mobility.
The Italy of today does not offer great prospects Puppy, the government has done nothing. The PD has suggested a baby gift tax of 2500 € (variable depending on income), the deductibility of rent and the mortgage to 23%, and the creation of a real plan that can deflate the home-emergency prices real estate market.
Meanwhile, the government majority, made up of many "champions of family," says and does another, while the dwarfs are in a cage and Brancolo is still a bit 'numb.
Day 17 - As it comes to the future security |
The hot issue of security was the focus of debate yesterday evening of the Feast .
Special guest the Mayor of Padua, Flavio Zanon , the Democratic Party, raised the headlines for his "iron fist" against drug trafficking and immigration. E 'at this point that now he wants to make a clarification: the newspapers have spoken only of the Wall, but that "the operation via the Rings" has resulted in the displacement of 270 families immigrants in other houses nobody wrote .
The Deputy Mayor of Genoa, Francesco Scidone showed that a similar case of pseudo-information is done by us with the story low , immediately jumped on the first page, ignoring completely the fact that over 900 girls in 6 years were removed from the road, with an annual investment of € 200-300 thousand. Just look at the posters newspapers - or any political sensitivity - hanging off the newsstands: the words "alarm" and "emergency" does not count . So the fear is created .
Zanon According to talk about security we must also understand what it is, what is meant by the term security? In his view security is the future of children and grandchildren . the right to speak as opposed to a security the past, for an impossible return to the situation existing at the emergence of social phenomena are unavoidable, but not non-addressable or controllable. The Democrats must be able to talk about security that looks to the future and that is primarily life education (in the fight against drugs), integration (in the management of immigration), respect for diversity (for immigration and the fight against homophobia).
For Claudio Ciardullo - police union Silpa-CGIL - the right, who won blowing on the fire safety of the problem today which actually simulates action is limited to attack the perception of insecurity, which stems from some deep-rooted fears, such as that of "different" or losing traditions, usages or customs, religions. In the meantime, is cut 1 billion euro fund to safety with a reduction of 15,000 workers. Those who work in security knows that the operations of reassurance are important, but he also knows that if they replace rather than supplement the real fight against crime, then become pure propaganda operations .
E 'Roberta Pinotti to defend the action carried out by the Prodi government and the policy proposal of the PD in terms of safety, then in the Lingotto . Thanks to the experience of mayors in several cities were signed security pacts who then had excellent results and was presented a package of absolute security sense, then place the base of the one approved by the center, but it has loaded some rules of shame, as the aggravating circumstance for the illegals. E 'approach to security that distinguishes left and right. The Democrats know that the future can not be stopped, and then want to focus on work and education as a fundamental tool for the integration of new Italian and combating degradation. The right wing has simply turned to the future shoulders, fueling the fear of "different" could then result in shock- drawings of children from Campania fires in support of Roma camps.
The real problem is that today in Italy to be in deep crisis and the rule of law , which is no longer a founding principle of ordering, without this crisis, there is no public awareness. On this should waste the posters to newspapers: that now the security and law enforcement are important if they relate to the small shop, the thief or the prostitute on the street, while no effect when directed towards the corrupt, the company spilled liquid pollutants or who procures financial collapse by their own interests.
Roberta Pinotti also proposes, in agreement with Nando Dalla Chiesa to follow in the footsteps of a car project which has brought a group of guys to do voluntary work in the land confiscated from organized crime. This could be done to Genoa to rehash that ground dried up now so that it can sprout again that the rule of law without which there can be no security.
Yesterday was also the day of Finmeccanica , participated in a discussion of the most important Ligurian national and international level, with all the vertices of the largest Ligurian Group of companies. At Riunda "drink with ..." the themes of social and economic development of the territory with the Region Vice-President of Costa and Dr. Caviglia Chamber of Commerce.
Day 16 - The road to happiness.
Last Day to interesting debate moderated by occupational Ubaldo Welcome attended by the former Minister Damien and confederal trade union leaders . The evening at the "Terrace on the sea " made its debut the 'New Swing Association, which chose the Festival for his baptism by organizing a meeting on Genova seen by those who chose to leave and then return . Especially yesterday was the day Walter , which has infused enthusiasm and sealed the final rise of the PD, after the difficult post-election period.
I know that bothers some confidence and the custom of giving the "you" to politicians and call them by their first names, but - believe me - with Veltroni can not be otherwise. It was the first time I met him and he was genuinely friendly, quick and happy to meet me and to be accompanied to the festival that, moreover, welcomed him with enthusiasm and warmth that perhaps even he expected.
Walter arrived at six and immediately headed to the Arena of Dance, the smart choice because room Aldo Moro never would contain the thousands of people who came to hear the Secretary , introduced by Victor Rasetti . Our provincial secretary complained in recent times has become the national sport to blame the PD, blames time of economic crisis, now that policy, now the sinking of the left. PD are actually attributed to the faults of others and leaning against the debts of others before his birth. The PD, however, is not: it is not the dump of the evils of politics, nor a false opposition or a body search of an identity. Victor's speech Rasetti
The PDs are the activists, volunteers and managers who have demonstrated the Party believe in a precise and ambitious political project , which must be able to swim upstream, to reverse the course. This is because the PD is a choice in favor of freedom and equality, a true investment for the new generations .
Veltroni began by recalling how, in a world that, in the last ten years, has turned increasingly to the right, towards a new right, populist and statist, the PD, which has even lost the election, and has grown slightly. We should all be aware of our strength and pride for our brief but rich history, considering the fact that more often, as we stroll down the street, one in three of those we encounter has given its support to the PD . In a Europe where the forces of reform have increasingly lost ground in the last election (except in Spain and Portugal), the PD has come to 34% of the vote, with a leap of 6% compared to the left from where it originated . If we look at history of Italy, the PD is the only merger between parties that is successful and was made with the ambition to overcome the barriers of a center that was never electoral majority since '94, but , when he got the government has no idea how to communicate better or more arguments, disagreements and lack of strategy.
are just the squares that were filled during the election campaign and the great confidence in elections that require the collection of truly Democratic Party all day, every day, seven days a week . We made primary, guaranteed equality to the sexes in leadership and brought to Parliament twice as many women the last Parliament, but our activists and our voters will not make us discounts if we continue on this path, if the currents become something more than the legitimate expression of a healthy internal pluralism. Although we did not win politically perfect because it's not better or worse on the internal organization that citizens vote when selecting the country's government. The PD should not be a party always meeting, where managers do not know how to live among the people. Denigrate Veltroni for going to the beach with a parasol, like millions of Italians, it means criticizing the Democratic Party for what must be his way of being; critical so sad you do not have even been considered.
The PD must be a party to this useful and must be able to hear the problems of the Italians, in descending reality. An example of how to do it well is the toll imposed by PD of Varese, which connects the elect of PD with Citizens and their problems, then making sure that someone of the elect be directly charged to the reported problem.
Italy is a country still and three months after the elections, although the policy was still behind the legal concerns of one man, the Prime Minister. Solved its problems, the majority has begun to deal with those of others, starting interception. The PD has made it clear that judges must be able to use forever and that is to limit their publication. The majority, who always shouted to the scandal, has also remained silent when tapping influential Romano Prodi has been published weekly by the main property of the Prime Minister. The government has also dealt with economic issues : has extended the loans today that, on average, will cost 13,000 Euros more . Established the Robin Hood Tax , that is really just a tax for citizens who pay the highest inflation in tax burden borne by the rich in the Robin Hood would steal part of the heinous profits. He abolished the ICI , only to discover that the municipalities have no money, so that will be forced to make it back through the window after having made it out the door.
Minister Gelmini has made proposals that aim to sink the last educated Italian who still enjoyed a degree of health: the primary, the cradle of knowledge of our children. Defending the school means to defend our children and, therefore, education will be the focus of the demonstration on October 25 .
thunderous applause for the hard Veltroni's new thrust against violence, linked to homophobia and worrisome signs of historical revisionism who have arrived in recent days by Alemanno and La Russa. E 'act in an attempt to equate those who fought with the British and Americans for Freedom who was allied to Nazi oppressor, wanting to highlight a good nature in fascism, that there might be because any dictatorship of any color denies the very essence of human nature .
There is a new generation in Italy and in PD : they must deliver a life can be beautiful enough to say no to drugs and the buzz at all costs.
Closing his speech Veltroni said the American elections will be an important watershed for the whole world . The difference between those who have a mentality of those who have a right and the left is in this fact: McCain, in his closing speech at the Republican convention, has given 247 times the word "I"; Obama, closing the Democratic convention, "I "the decision was only 3 times and in all other cases the word used was always" we. " The measure of "we" is that of the PD , a party to believe - as Marina Garaventa - that my happiness can only move from and to be useful to others and only by the fact to be among those others of which each of us can not do without. 
Day 15 - What common thread that links equity, economy, immigration and solidarity  Yesterday in Festaunità Democratic went on stage the debate on health . Enriched by a large
panel of distinguished speakers and with the participation of a large and attentive audience, most of the operators, the debate has shown that it is felt that this issue , on the one hand, touches the daily life in its most delicate and, secondly, it calls into question the direct responsibility of regional and local institutions.
Terrace At Sea was instead met on the West PD for the usual "drink with ...", while the Riunda Nando by the Church presented the book "Inferno Bolzaneto" of the journalist Mario Portanova in the presence of the author. In the words of journalist and Nando have recovered the body of the days in July 2001, Genoa, and tragic for democracy because, as the documents in the process largely reported in the book, the most basic rights have been violated before the eyes of 'Europe and the world. " How was this possible? 'and' This is the question that has Nando repeated several times, but unanswered question that must always be repeated to keep alive the memory of an episode which, unfortunately, in the folds and in the silence of the barracks and storage of cells, is likely to persist even at the expense of those most vulnerable and less able to defend their rights.
In the evening the focus has shifted to development cooperation and the activities of fair trade . E 'was presented by the promoter Bruno Cordazzo the "Project Senegal, a project of international cooperation promoted by Coop Liguria. Thanks to it was built in Dakar a factory for the processing of catches That meets the stringent health standards required by European standards, but at the same time protects the rights of workers and the environment. Inaugurated in February, soon will supply all of the Consortium cooperative Coop Italy. The initiative is considered essential by the Government that the Senegalese government has included projects for poverty reduction.
But they are the words of the entrepreneur Senegalese Mamadou Sow , to give a measure of how popular is this posting: started six years ago, already employs more than 100 families , offering a perspective true for a community development and a response to the too often empty words on development in the West. to Africa do not need money - according to Mamadou Sow - but ideas, passion, know-how, the study of local reality and the creation of real jobs . E 'was then the President Burlando to illustrate the' action of Liguria to the development of fair trade , activities in the region for the past 18 years and involving over 1000 volunteers and some salaried workers, both active in the many shops scattered throughout the territory of Liguria, and with an incessant series of information and awareness. Liguria, August 13, 2007 by Law No.32, has regulated the area of \u200b\u200bfair and supportive to dual purpose, first, to ensure consumers against products which prove to be disrespectful of international standards of fair and inclusive and, second, to provide support through funding specific activities that aim to develop this business. Promoting the use of products that meet the populations of countries of origin can not only be a good deed, sometimes it can also represent a savings to the consumer. This is the case of the Slow Food project Coffee Huehuetenango. Purchased directly from local producers in Guatemala, at a price of 2 to 4 times higher than that paid by the multinationals, are entrusted to the roasting to a cooperative of prisoners of Turin . Often, once released from prison, former inmates continue to work in cooperatives and avoid falling back into crime. Given that the final price on Italian banks are less than the competition, the purchase of Huehuetenango coffee is cheaper and doubly supportive - to the producers in developing countries and to former prisoners in Italy.
Therefore Liguria Region, namely the public, not so much on investing activity economic, but on values \u200b\u200bthat it carries out . A fil rouge - as he described Cordazzo - alloy equity and solidarity and focuses on a market economy which has no ultimate purpose and only the privatization of profits . This is a value in which to invest politically, cutting rents unjustified interim position to help the weak links in the chain - the producer and the consumer - while there are those, like the current government, shows an increasingly worrying trend to privatize profits and socialize losses .
Even stronger is the link between activities of fair trade and immigration the center of the debate 8 September introduced and moderated by Ross Ridella , who, like me, is a member of the Democratic Party provincial executive. As explained
Francesco Munari our first task is primarily understand what we expect of immigrants and what we give them in exchange , relinquishing any attitude of tolerance and forbearance of the "different" attitude instead - as pointed out by Milo Bertolotto - we see growing every day, fueled by pressures to marginalization. Steadily regresses In Italy rights culture, and then the integration. Place the center of the debate, the question of the vote to immigrants is important for the values \u200b\u200bthat this choice would be against those who work hard every day to allow this country to not decrease, supporting an aging population which, alone, has already conducted the 'Italy in the darkest of recessions. As argued Nando Dalla Chiesa: "On the question vote for immigrants Genoa City Council must be at the forefront, the theory of democracy is the basis of everything and it is remarkable that in Italy people do not pay taxes to vote, while those who the pay is prohibited. " can take fingerprints and threaten expulsions, but until you erase the causes of it will not cease. Italians of this reality should be intimately aware, if only they had forgotten that until the economic boom of the '50s and '60s, our country was a spectator of the tragic exodus of despair. Therefore, efforts of a fair and inclusive, the Senegal project or to slow food, are the real answer to the problem: create development to make the migration from their country a free and informed choice and the only chance of redemption social, the last boat and sad the fight for survival .
Day 14 - the day of confirmation |
Yesterday at Day was the day of confirmation. confirmation of the inevitability and propriety of the decision to run alone. The occasion for these confirmations was the 'public interview with Enrico Morando , cooordinatore shadow government of the Democratic Party, and Paolo Ferrero , neo-secretary of the Communist Refoundation. Apart from the share prices on emergency action and the contrast of the center, the meeting revealed a difference almost total between language and the positions of Democrats and those of the neo-communists. The debate color to the presence of a small group of militants of the PRC , always ready to applaud their Secretary and profess their " with PD never . The disagreement was manifested on all: the action of the Prodi government, on its fall, on the necessity of federalism (fiscal and others). Morando honest analysis - for which not enough to say NO to the government, but must say their IT and that is what the Democratic Party still has a lot of work - Ferrero responded with the need to index wages (presumably by explode inflation), to fight against opponents who are Berlusconi - as natural - and Confindustria, seen not as a social partner, but as a political opponent. For some responses submitted also appeared to catch that, the militants of the PRC, the responsibility of both the left's electoral disaster PD, according to the logic is not easily understandable to see any fault in the proposal of the so-called " useful vote. "
It inevitably ended up talking to alliances and the topic was hijacked on the electoral laws: Ferrero has clamored for the PD not to abet "political assassination of the nearby" , declaring his firm opposition any reform which could cancel political representation of the people left. Morando proposes the barrage of 3% for Europe with the rise of divisions, but the national law heads straight to the continuity with the historic battle of the Olive: two rounds of single-member college . If we go to referendum never, ever the PD can defend a law called "bullshit" from its own promoter . Ferrero reply that since both the single name that the referendum is precisely quell'assasinio political left that is absolutely necessary to avoid the choice of PD could reflect on all local governments in which PD and the Left parties administer Rainbow together. When asked if this statement Wanda Valli be considered as a threat, the response was "not a threat, but the inevitable consequence of the choices of the Democratic Party." As pointed out by Morando are thrown overboard as local alliances that work well for purposes related to national battles, but again will not be the PD to have given the government of municipalities, provinces and regions to the right and the voters will understand. The
yesterday but has also seen an interesting debate on the delicate issue of ' immigration, citizenship of and rights ' the drink with ... " City Hall Valbisagno and, Day + , three moments: the encounter with the singer Giua , that with Nando Dalla Chiesa and finally the presentation of Laboratorio8 with innovative projects, already completed or still in progress, which is dedicated to the image of the day.
A Day knows that a 360 °, awarded by the people who visit the ever-growing daily.
Day 13 - Flags of our children  A piece of the history of Genoa, told the newspaper workers from starting from the Mazzini to the social experience , was at the center of the debate yesterday at the Bar Riunda. Meanwhile, in the room Aldo Moro, President Burlando and other speakers will address the topic of natural parks in Liguria , while all around the booth, visitors crowded the banquet with typical products of Liguria . the evening was the turn of the key theme of the global politics of our day: the difficult challenge of environment and energy , we asked to speak Ermete Realacci, shadow environment minister , that before ' meeting, he willingly submitted to the ritual around the restaurants to know the soul This Day and faces that make each day as possible. relations that have occurred in the debate presented possible solutions to avoid the unmanageable and manage the inevitable . These can be summarized effectively in 6 pillars proposed by the Dean of Engineering Paola Garden : 1) "clean " maximum fuels prior to combustion and emission filter after it; 2) continuously improve the 'efficiency energy ; 3) reduce consumption where possible; 4) to make really alternative, thanks to specific policies, renewable energy ; 5) convintamene invest in research ; 6) make a strong connection international and global energy policies. Ermete Realacci denounced the very serious delay of Italy to the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol imposing in 2012 a 6.5% drop in CO2 emissions compared to '90. At present, Italy's emissions are actually increased by 9.9% compared to '90. This not only cost us a fine, which will reach almost 1.5 billion euro in late 2008, but will have a price that is not measured in Euros and they will pay future generations. Recalling the famous speech moon, Al Gore said that just as Kennedy announced the goal of bringing people to the Moon and return to Earth within 10 years, so today the United States should announce the goal within 10 years to produce 100% of energy from renewable sources , to recapture the charisma he had in the past decades and it is necessary to go back to being recognized for good, leader of the world. evokes perfectly the need for strong entrepreneurial spirit that is necessary to address this great challenge cover of Time magazine - as well as the image of this post - where it represented a version of the famous photo of marines island of Iwo Jima , celebrated recently by Clint Eastwood in the movie "Flags of our Fathers," in which, instead of the stars and stripes, is planted the tree of victory on the environmental challenge . So while America is prepared to bet on Obama to pick up and win this great battle, Berlusconi's Italy is ready for its Caporetto energy and environment. But, as pointed out Ermete Realacci, we will not stand by watching ... PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION FOR TIME BY ARTHUR Hochstein INCLUDING AN Iwo Jima PHOTOGRAPH BY JOE ROSENTHAL-AP
Day 12 - against an optimism declined in the past |
| continues the positive trend in turnout Festaunità Democratic . Even last night
market, restaurants and inns were besieged by many visitors. Too bad only for the electrical blackout that darkened part of the festival for a bit 'of time, creating a problem and yet an unusual atmosphere.
The controversial issue of fiscal federalism was addressed to 18 from a large group of local administrators, while the clubs Levante Genoa met the assessors Margins and Pissarello under the "appetizers with ..." at The Bar Riunda.
We talk about the Democratic Party .
This was done every day since the festival, but last night at the 21 "PD on dialogue" was the title of the meeting with the former minister Beppe Fioroni and the governor Claudio Burlando. He could be an opportunity to highlight the differences between former and celebrating diversity of souls that make up the Democratic Party, was on the contrary a moment of unity and striving for future . All agree with the thought- Fioroni : the PD and its protagonists - the first of its ruling class - must stop living on memories. A child of 10 months can not live on memories, but for the future. Declining optimism in the past is to live a memory that will change too quickly in regret for something that no longer exists. We must therefore counter the disorientation that affects mainly the ruling class and succeed - at all levels - in the difficult and wonderful company develop the joy of having built a great party , which - though too often forget - the Party Democratico.Con the same attitude should be the issue of the European location - as rightly pointed out the President Burlando, we must start from the experiences of European Socialists and to open them to rethink many who, even in Europe, are concerned about the drift to the right of the EPP. We need a reformer who can maintain strength the best by overcoming .
Finally, a passage about the school. The concern for the Italian school is perceived strong and stifling the Feast . Discussions from different themes - fiscal federalism, culture, innovation, spirituality and others - have come to launch a cry of pain and alarm to an institution that is likely to sink , killing the future of our children, and then the country . Our primary school was first recognized among the best in the world: the announced cuts of 87,000 teachers and 40,000 janitors go far beyond the capacity of coverage offered by the institution of one master, which may amount to 20,000 seats. In addition, there are only huge classes, the inevitable closure of some institutions and asphyxia for all. He said Brulo well last night, the center-right won in 2001 with the three "i", one of which was "English", with native teachers in all schools. Now we are at single teacher: do not add more.
A country that does not invest in schools, universities and research is a country that does not look to the future, that optimism will decline only to the past, living with regrets until the day that will not cry. The PD has a moral duty to respond to this strategy and prepare now to take the helm when the time comes. The picture today is dedicated to Mr. Pileggi , 90, retired tailor, who every day is the entrance to the Festa to distribute ribbons.
Day 11 - All That U Need Now 
the Day yesterday there was great attendance. A colorful stream of people flooded the stands and created flowing lines of people waiting to eat ... participation in the Festival is increasing and the effect of word of mouth does not fail to bear fruit. It fills the
Day and, similarly, also three debates are successful. Three themes have been touched and widely differing, but of great interest and relevance. Water and waste : how to eat responsibly and make the first resource in the seconds? This is the subject of debate of 21.
work and social service workers , an inescapable burden to the community or the leading actors of the realization of a better society? E 'instead of the application which have offered answers to 18.
Finally up and present argument institutional reforms discussed informally in the cozy Bar La Riunda.
A Day + was the day instead of computer creativity. We meet Gabriele and Lorenzo D'Uva , two brothers from Lecce for a decade now transferred in Bologna. Distinguishing features: they have developed Atunn , the site that very quickly entered the ranks of http://www.killerstartup.com/ setting out the most promising new sites, looking for what could replicate what was Google effect.
ATUNN 's acronym All That U Need Now - everything you need now . Is born from the idea of \u200b\u200bbeing able to do it all online, without installing anything. The result is something halfway between search engine and operating system , strictly online means you can write documents with Google or Zoho, listen to music on the web radio, make use of many tools and online applications, from photo retouching to storage , from casting their mail, watching movies, streaming in , download music with torrent , all in just a few clicks.
Atunn gathers and streamlines access to the best of the Net , avoiding complex searches.
The goal is to exceed the general internet search "at Google," to develop more targeted searches through search engines and industry specific.
Atun in English and Portuguese means tuna. E ' this fish to symbolize our guide to orient the network .
The site is simple to use and nice to see: the black background is very simple and easy on the eyes.
Three aspects of the most extraordinary story of Gabriel and Lorenzo
1) the site has been developed in a few months from home, working mostly evenings;
2) Gabriele and Lorenzo in life do not work in computer science: one is biotechnology and another is about to become a doctor;
3) the fruit of their work is entirely free, subject to a Creative Commons license, which protects the copyright without paying royalties to a public or private depending on the country as the SIAE. This license allows artists to protect their songs for free, allowing the download, free listening and sharing. A nice example of initiative in favor of a free culture , where the limits to knowledge are not predetermined by economic means. That's
Atun is a success story and hope . Tell us what Italy still know espriemere talent and creativity. A story that Day + has been able to provide the children of our city and that has now borne fruit - three projects to be carried out with Day + relying on the Atunn platform: an online festival for documentaries and short films, a music festival on the social networking Atunn Music and a project for a social classification of music .
forgot the most important thing:
Day 10 - Ciak: turn!  Last day of intensive discussions at the Festival .
the afternoon there was talk of Fincantieri before a large audience in which T-shirts and shirts unbuttoned to be flanked by so many jackets and ties. In the evening, dialogue public administration reform. Finally, at the Bar La Riunda there was a " drink with ..." the PD the Middle East, which has shown - even if it were needed - how strong the demand for visibility and analysis of issues by individual territories citizens. But today I would like to talk about Day + , our laboratory of ideas. Entries are rising very quickly and we have already exceeded one hundred. I mean those people who have come to do something, not to the mere spectators of the events I am talking about the guys that Day + has the ability to create, implement . This involvement has already resulted in over 25 projects of the most diverse nature. Only yesterday we were eight boys reached the journalism school and a professional journalist and four guys in the band " Liguria all " presented their experience. We have created a "reporter team, which will work on reporting projects and will join Xenia, the previously tested team of film makers. Is about to start a project related to the video-installation in collaboration with an artist in the industry. Finally the reality, namely the Day through the eyes of those who ago. Directed by a professional director Corinne and Vera, the protagonists , began shooting in the stands and the meetings / interviews with "doc volunteers, custodians of memory and traditions of holidays past, that the PD does not want forget or repeat such and such, but revised and updated so that they can become useful information for planning the future of the festival . Fortunately this is not a real reality (even if we wanted to call it that), but a fiction that makes unifying the background and plot of true stories of those who participate in the festival . Between shots and jokes, the reality testing and laughter went on until midnight, through unexpected moments as the meeting of Corinne and Vera with the boys from the school of journalism. Finally - inevitable - the confessional where the girls told the camera they Festival. Inevitably the initial embarrassment, but then prevailed enthusiasm and spontaneity, qualities that we all could animate the party in its entirety.
Day 9 - The Man on the Moon.  While at the bar La Riunda continued the " with Hors ... , this time with the PD of Golfo Paradiso, Aldo Moro in the hall yesterday the focus was on the theme of quality of life , approached from two different points of view: in the debate of the 18 was that the lens used of mobility, 21 analysis of the meeting was conducted through the three themes of 'enterprise of consumption and purchasing power . The arguments are very different, but have a common background and require a similar spirit to be tackled successfully. As can be high the quality of life of a city with poor connections with its suburbs and its hinterland , where they should go to the workplace means trust in the hope that the train is not sopressa or buy a ticket to the "lottery highway, which now tomorrow may be fluent and bottled for hours? In the same way: as you can live well if prices increase, you do not get more than 20 of the month, or whether, as an old lady told me yesterday, in the streets you begin to see retirees who rummage in the garbage looking for something to "save"? How to prevent young people from drifting away inexorably from the city, attracted by the greater ambition and competitiveness of other centers, by that air of volercela do that you can breathe anywhere else in Italy and, especially, in the world? Too often we abandon ourselves to grumble, and resignation. "It 'so and so will stay and there's nothing to do." False. Rethinking transport in Genoa is very expensive, but no price that can prevent you from designing and building . And in this sense I want to hit the Metrogenova future of young people who, with intelligence, rationality and realism mixed with vision capability, they imagined mobility Genoa in 2020 that, with a little ' courage, will be a city where, even more now provide a good life. The economic crisis is going through the world, it is easy to give up arguing that nothing can really small like Genoa or Liguria to tackle it. False. Everyone should strive to find the most radical of feasible solutions: it will certainly give results, which can be as large as can be combined with good solutions at other levels. The message I want to pass and then a call to hope . should keep the big goal, whatever the difficulties along the way . If we made a political choice, we owe this to the fact that women and men who gave himself a goal to reach, do not see it vanish as they encounter obstacles and difficulties. the festival see this tension: a new party, with new management, after dealing with the establishment of structures and the general election, has managed to throw himself headlong on its first festival in no time and give strong hints of new and important semi fruitful to think big to Festival 2009 which is projected to rocket to the future . When, in 1961, Kennedy issued the challenge to bring the man on the moon in less than 10 years, the mission seemed the most impossible ... eight years after the frontier had already moved to Mars.
Day 8 - As a part of Van Gogh   The great political landed yesterday at the Fair. Enrico Letta is in fact the first of a series of national leaders to visit a Festaunità Democratic . I could dwell at length on the content of the interview conducted by public Roberta Pinotti and David Lentini, but I value the most interesting ' meeting with Enrico volunteers, the backbone of Party and the ruling party. Henry wanted to visit all the stands, entering the kitchen and exchanging jokes with everyone. All strictly giving the "you" to a man who the "you" gives it to Tony Blair or Zapatero. Some images in particular struck me: a voluntary, no longer young, when he called on Henry " come here and give you a kiss, your kiss I still miss . I wonder how many leaders of the past have been kissing those cheeks, a little-big reward of a generous and genuine militancy?  Some have offered to Henry the culinary specialties of the stand - we have immortalized grappling with the flour - and who asked him for a picture. Among the latter is significant the image at right, which is good as the ruling class the party is united and committed to the festival is far from alone journalistic debates, which are now impromptu. This, after all, is the strength of Festival. E 'for these times that volunteers are working and are committed. Henry was able to appreciate the most innovative aspects of the festival as Day + , which he praised the originality and high planning. + Day marks the way of what should be the PD: the original party, looking forward , without resorting some boring roads of the past, now definitely outdated. The PD and the Feast of tomorrow will not be built on a comparison with what happened in the 70 o'80 of the twentieth century, but with the thought of what will be the company of the 20s of the XXI. The PD must be a party where people participate because they get excited, get excited , because there is a climate or a heavy internal debate mainly focused on himself - rules, bodies and chairs - but on what people are talking about the evening at the table: work, school, health, safety and environment. The PD must be built around him an attractive force that is contagious in its authenticity and for this Henry invites us to knock on doors of those who voted October 14, 2007 and that after they felt - and were - neglected by the party in whose birth had invested time and hopes. do not need a party fluid and evanescent, but a political expression of the strength and enthusiasm they bring the militants, clubs, the local leaderships. A party Federal in fact, before the statute. A ruling class young and compact, like the one that is driving this Feast . A ruling class that knows how to rise to the mission entrusted to the PD Henry yesterday: " DECIDE! . We discuss, argue, if necessary, but then a majority vote and establish what to do. We therefore recognize the will of the works and to make it. Henry has proposed an elegant metaphor to talk about his PD: a party that looks like Van Gogh's painting, where the yellow is yellow, and blue is blue , true colors, strong, authentic, hard-edged; not a faded watercolor where each color fades and is lost in the nell'indefinito ... indecision.
 the thick crowd that attended the interview of Enrico Letta public
Day 7 - Politics: a helping hand to listen to the reality? .jpg) I know that is not elegant I dedicate a post to the discussion which I organized, I know that is not "politically correct" and I know that is not respectful to the other debates (to begin from yesterday's water, in where the issue was addressed in a competent and interesting). But if
been silent on the debate last night I should be silent on the spirit with which I approached the Party and with which the Party has largely been thought of, not only from me but from many of those that they have achieved.
The title was " policy in front of the inner dimension of man . Speakers Andrea Grillo , theologian, Maurizio Maggiani , writer, Borzani Luca, president of the Foundation for Culture and I moderate.
The idea was that the policy, for one evening, were to step back and listening to the reality you would put a particular reality, which is that of 'inner , maybe some struggling even to define as a reality . And instead
hope is realized and the speakers are better able to frame the issue:
interiority is a sphere that requires more staff, which is defined in the other and found that its oxygen . Man meaningful unless it is report and the streams of liberalism, which instead emphasized the inner separation as they reached their thrust and failed in their objectives.
I stop here to tell the debate because they are not able to bring back the emotions that each presenter has aroused. We talked about the fear of "freedom from ", the "freedom to " noting the difficulty to find that something to be free. We talked about the crisis of politics, his loss of credibility, the difficulty of politicians being what they say.
Maybe I was deluded and maybe I'm delusional. But yesterday I saw a Policy humble listen to those who had something real to say. And last night we came home with the conviction that man needs the other man and that this relationship is the ability for man to be happy.
I believe that this ability to play there is the germ of a hope. The hope that the return policy to deal with the true and authentic people.
And the fact that yesterday was the most watched debate between those that have been so far, tells me that perhaps that hope will bear fruit.
depends on us.
the next.
Day 6 - around the room Aldo Moro 
A tour Festival offers visitors many interesting and curious details. Not only and not for the difficult choice of where to dine, given the great gastronomic offer put together by many volunteers, neither for the market with its rich diversity. The most enjoyable aspects of Day are meeting with other visitors: a humanity of various kinds, Elder impeccable, the young punk, the South American family branded the young couple, all drawn hours from food, hours from the market, music or debate.
Among the debates that I want to mention in particular on " Genoa logistics platform for the Mediterranean". Moderate dall'abilissimo Maurizio Bussolo Finporto of the meeting, although not among the most popular of the festival, and resembles much more a keynote group than to a classic debate. A prestigious panel of speakers gave the audience, in simple terms, an overview of issues related mainly to the dry port and the port of Genoa. It 'was a useful example of how a meeting, which otherwise could be very technical and therefore difficult, concepts could be passed through to a successful method of discussion, aims to make information and culture for non-experts, so that they can leave the debate with one certainty: "I know more hours .
And if the debate moves look a little to the left you can notice a small group of people crowding into a small table on which are placed several books. E 'angle book exchange, a practice now common worldwide, and which is to release books in the city or outside, for them to find others who will read them and in turn will issue them. And 'in fact a form of free movement of knowledge and random, but where, thanks to a number of Identification assigned to each book, you can monitor on the internet the "journey" of the book.
Thus, the Day , as they go on stage meetings Feast + or debates on the stage of the hall Aldo Moro, never fails who sits reading a book left by someone, that could travel from hand to hand, conveying his knowledge here and there. Tonight will moderate the debate, "the policy in front of the inner dimension of man" with Borzani Luke, Andrew Grillo and Maurizio Maggiani. I wait.
Day 5 - The Story of a crane The Day yesterday spoke of Genoa and its future. This is the subject of the debate moderated by Adriana Albini, whose attended by the Mayor Marta Vincenzi, the assessor Ranieri, Senator of the PD and the Mayor of Vimercati Sesto San Giovanni Oldroyd. Just compare the two straight lines of Genoa - or rather between those in the area of \u200b\u200bSestri Ponente - Corniglia - Sesto San Giovanni and was of great interest. In both cases, these urban areas subject to strong movement of post-industrial conversion, for both there were people who have dreamed of, planned and put a new face in the pipeline. This face is seen today in the sixth and you can imagine for those areas of our city, which, only after this open wound healed, can declare with pride to completing the great restoration project began with Colombiadi. Also in Genoa, as pointed out by the mayor, the designs for the rehabilitation of those areas are no longer ideas, but construction sites. The new Sestri is already taking shape: an area where water does not just mean port, but working life and then, with the major ship repairs that take place there. A new relationship with the sea, which also involves a new and better capacity for the disposal of container. Finally there is a great project Erzelli , a dream of culture and technology, for the revival of our city, that every day, some small step in moving inexorably forward. These are the many small improvements of a city that wants to change skin remaining true to itself and to its tradition of work and sacrifice, and pass but do not delete the pages of history written by the sacrifice of many people. Past and future, memory and hope ; awareness of the past must always remain the focus of each project and any aspiration for the future of a city. It is no coincidence that the sixth is at the heart of Genoa have set their own path of renaissance culture (which is also a memory) and innovation (the future by definition). This belief is especially dear to me an image that we have proposed this evening telling Sesto San Giovanni. In the heyday of engineering Breda had equipped its Sixth establishments of a huge crane, a giant structure, the very symbol of heavy industry and hard work of many workers. The times have changed and the Breda ended, but the crane, torn abandonment or demolition, is now an outdoor theater, meeting place for many, for which go to the crane is something "cool "because this symbol of the industrial is now the center of a new community . The car is always the same, but the community has changed. Past and future are therefore an essential formula for figuring the Genoa hope of tomorrow.
Day 4 - a + Day "to do it!"  Festaunità Democratic has now joined in earnest. While the debates continue - yesterday on the school - the restaurants are working at full capacity. The festival is growing little by little, moment by moment. The festival is being done , authentic and original. Yesterday, at the center of the festival, there was the launch party + , the initiative more innovative than those in the program. + Is a party tools available made available of young and old to gain experience and learn to become better acquainted with the art world, high technology and modern communications, in a word " creativity." Through the direct meeting with the protagonists of these worlds will be given the opportunity to hear success stories that can be useful suggestion for those who, from stories and from those worlds, and maybe he thinks he is fascinated to be able to invest energy and enthusiasm. Two great artists have given us the measure of what will be a celebration +, immediately revealing the potential of the project. Old Boris , theater actor and innovation at the forefront of contemporary circus, showed how each artist living in two elements are always in conflict and complement each other: the setting, the rule, the march on track ultimately personified in the figure of theater actor and his script, freedom, improvisation and the ability to tune with the public and establish a relationship with it, symbolized by the clown. Without divulging tricks of the trade Boris showed us how creativity can achieve the highest levels when he married solidarity, even outside national boundaries - important to this his experience in Morocco http://www.karacena.net/ - or when it binds to the ephemeral, as was done when he had the opportunity to build a large wooden dragon, with toil and sweat poured from many people for 8 months, from the beginning aware that the fate of the dragon that was to be burned during the show. Boris showed us what things are important as they are made and not only for the result they get. A similar philosophy has animated Giorgio Li Calzi , jazz and avant-garde Italian success, which amazed us with a trailer of his Alexander Nevsky, in which he "dared" to be replaced, the soundtrack of Prokofiev, a very personal reworking Music, sounds so unusual because of their ability to hit and modernize a 70 year old film though. George showed us how to move forward on the existing work may be one of the best formulas to give vent to creativity. Day + Yesterday we started with a walk, for his work with the existing and under it (the festival) to develop a new future and, so far, unpredictable. Like the slogan coined by then manager Raffaele Maurici Day +: + a Day, not only can be done, " Festa + you! .
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