Yesterday almost 80.000 people met themselves in Vicenza, fighting cold, to show their position against the building of a new american military base in the city.
The "
Dal Molin case" was born in 2005, when the former Council President Silvio Berlusconi and the Vicenza major Hullweck (without letting people know about that) found agreement for allowing US Army to build a new base. The base, which is supposed to rise in the civil airport Dal Molin, would put together the 173 Airborne Brigade, nowadays stationed half in Aviano and half in Germany; target of this operation is being able of making fast military actions in Middle-Eastern regions, full in strategic resources.
This project is devastating from both the social and the environmental aspects, especially in a city which is under Unesco's protection.
Most people give part of the guilt to Prodi's government, but I think that he couldn't have done anything different, since the agreement had already been reached.
Current Location: Vicenza, Italy
Current Mood:
peaceful
Current Music: Lanslide - Dixie Chicks