ROME, Dec 14 — Tens of thousands of members of Italy’s youth-driven Sardine Movement are due to rally in Rome on Saturday, in their bid to further shake up the country’s politics and battle xenophobia. The “Sardines” have become a symbol of protest against the far-right firebrand leader...
Protesters attend a demonstration held by ‘the sardines’, a grassroots movement against far-right League leader Matteo Salvini, in Rome, Italy, December 14, 2019. — Reuters pic
The movement is only a month old and started in Bologna when a rally organised by four unknown activists to denounce Salvini’s discourses of “hatred and division” drew a crowd of 15,000, surprising everybody. Organisers said more than 100,000 people have pledged to attend Saturday’s rally which starts at 3:00 pm in the immense San Giovanni Square.Santori, 32, a researcher in economics, and the other co-founders — Andrea Garreffa, a 34-year-old tourist guide and Roberto Morotti, a 31-year-old engineer, want to make politics “cool.”
Ogongo received threats and insults when he made Facebook erase racist messages from an account bearing Salvini’s name with the title Prime Minister.Many Sardines also rally against climate change, the mafia and poverty. The Sardine Movement was a response to the growing strength in the north of the right-wing coalition led by Salvini’s League.
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