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The International Herald Tribune and V-Day
Many foreign newspapers are writing about V-Day. The International Herald Tribune, one of those with the widest distribution and with the greatest authority in the world, has published an article on the second page. Im attaching the pdf file. The Internet version is given below.Irreverent protest movement unnerves Italian establishment The success of a grassroots anti-politics campaign spearheaded by an iconoclastic comedian is giving Italian politicians pause for thought. Beppe Grillo is the man behind V-Day (the V stands for a very rude Italian expletive), which attracted 300,000 people on Saturday to sign a petition supporting a common goal: purging Italy of its corrupt political class, which in Grillo's view includes political parties, most government institutions and the media. Some politicians dismissed Grillo's initiative as "shallow demagoguery" and warned of "populist tendencies." "Mass protests aren't always right," Antonio Polito, a center-left senator, said Wednesday....