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Turin City Council Meeting
Citizens are waking up. They are beginning to realize that public affairs do not belong to the parties but to them. The Meeting at the Turin City Council, after many years, has seen some employers in the Sala Rossa with an undoubted benefit to their activity. The eye of the master fattens the horse and makes the city cabinet members bubbly. Im publishing a report from the Turin meetup group. Dear Beppe, The operation "Fiato sul collo" {Breathe down your neck} has officially started in Turin, with participation at the City Council meetings and those of the city zones (where the law says it is also possible to speak). Comments of the employee councillors given to the local press:- Agostino Ghiglia (AN) : [...] Having said that I detest Grillos qualunquismo, citizens are welcome to participate in the work of the city council. It is a way of exercising control..- Mario Carossa (Lega): A good way of combating absenteeism- Antonello Angeleri dell'Udc: "[...] Their presence made the...

We are the State!
In Bolognas Piazza Maggiore there were dozens of people with me. Architects, philosophers, journalists, economists, ordinary citizens, campaign groups, environmentalists, artists. No one has talked about them. They havent talked about what they said, their suggestions, their accusations. Their words were listened to by a square full of silent and attentive people that seemed like a church. Im going to offer them to you one by one on the blog. This time its Alessandro Bergonzoni with his magical speech: We are the State! Thanks, Thanks Grillo! A notable event. Notes for a notable event. Grillo has given us the way and for me the way is through the voice. We need to speak and to do, to combine the speaking and the doing. Signing. That is go and sign, lets go and sign, head, no mind, head. Use your head, otherwise itll be us doing the penance! Its us thatll be condemned if we dont change. This time its not bad manners to point out. A popular uprising. Grillo said the people must...