Italy: peaceful demonstration against the compulsory health pass at work
Demonstrators march against the obligation to present a valid health pass (called 'Green Pass') to work, at the Circus Maxime in Rome, October 15, 2021. © Tiziana Fabi, AFP
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All workers in Italy must be provided with a health pass from this Friday, October 15, despite months of a movement of strikes and demonstrations started by opponents.
The police were mobilized in particular in Rome, where there were fears of overflows after the violence of October 9.
On the lawns of the Maxime circus, a few thousand people answered the call this Friday.
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With our correspondent in Rome,
Anne Tréca
Organized by a Roman lawyer, the self-proclaimed “
Sentinels of the Constitution
”
movement
claims to
be at war with the government.
"
We are going to protest against this Nazi law
," sums up a present opponent.
I'm a tour guide, so if I have to drive a group to a museum, I need the
mandatory
green pass
, which I don't want
!
And I haven't worked for two years.
"
“
The Italian Republic is founded on work, so it is blackmail on work and on the ability of people to find sustenance
: it is terrifying
, one protester gets angry.
In my opinion, this is the start of population control, not just Italian but global
.
"
Promoters of the vaccine described as "
killers
"
On the platform, speakers parade to denounce in particular the "
scoundrels
"
unions
, the journalists "
sold to state propaganda
", the promoters of the vaccine, qualified as "
murderers
": so many cries that the crowd takes in heart .
This time,
there was only verbal violence
, demonstrators even offered flowers to the police officers present.
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To read and listen also:
The variable geometry of the "sanitary pass"
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