August 2009

2009 Feast of the movement to the left

MOVING TO THE LEFT

The current political situation is characterized by the presence of a government less and less attentive to the real needs citizens and more and more concentrated look after the interests of his boss: laws that protect personal interests, the media blackout of scandals that could weaken the image, the almost total absence of policies that can provide appropriate responses to a period of economic crisis and social as the current one.

face of this government and its policy, unfortunately we are having to confront an opposition that is not able to fully accomplish its role. A Democratic Party too busy in the definition of its internal structures and identification of its political and cultural identity is not capable of representing a real alternative to Berlusconi, a movement like that of Italy of Values, founder of a political screamed and politically aggressive, results in the expression of anti-populism, which considers any old party, self, ignoring the importance of the party system in a Real democrazia.Accanto this we have a left after the implosion of the 2008 elections, could not react in any way and find the real reason for that defeat. He continued to split into small parties and parties, increasingly at odds with each other and engaged in a fratricidal struggle eternal seeking to detect who among them was the true bearer of the original message of the culture of the movement worker.

Given this political context and the overt failure of the Italian political elites to provide without delay a proper response to this need for unity of progressive forces, the only possible alternative to Berlusconi's domination of the right, we want to react by offering our contribution of cittadini.Crediamo simple fact that, beyond the divisions which in recent years have characterized the political history of the Italian left, there is a large space to find points in common, cultural and political battles that, regardless from belonging to this or that political party, are at the heart of all those who in one way or another still feel "left."

why we decided to set up a political-cultural movement, which encompasses all those - whether or not members of political parties, associations or unions - believe that our country is still needed for the left, careful to some issues such as labor, environment, culture of legality and social solidarity.

We all fight together for the policy to be more attentive to the issues that we consider most important and urgent for our country:

Issues Labour and the precariousness . The business world today is characterized by the emergencies that can not be addressed by a force that makes reference to the historical values \u200b\u200bof the left and the labor movement: the challenges of uncertainty that require children a life of doubt and uncertainty and prevent to imagine any life plan, the difficulties of those who, after years of work and sacrifice is fifty unemployed no longer have any chance to get back into a working world increasingly demanding new skills. We believe that to address these needs via the urgent need to reform a union that is not always able to provide answers to needs of modernity and to imagine new models of welfare state that can cover these needs.
Environmental protection . The election of President Obama has shown that today there is need to reconcile two aspects that so far have been often considered in conflict: economic development and environmental protection. We believe that innovation and research on environmental issues are key to being able to imagine new forms of economic growth, which are environmentally friendly and able to provide new employment opportunities for tutti.Per a new culture of legality and the merits . Our political and administrative system is unfortunately characterized by cronyism and lack of transparency in policy-making. In other words, in Italy there is a moral issue that we can not leave in the hands of the tribunes in office, but that is modern left must be representative and lieutenant.
policy reform . To do this we believe there is a need for a profound renewal of the current political class, which over the years has proved unable to meet these challenges, more and more confined to protect their own space, big or small it was, in the name of sectarianism often crowds. We believe that arrived at this point it is time that innovation, no longer able to be stimulated by enlightened leaders, is promoted by the citizens, making everyone in their political battles parties, unions, associations, places of work, contributes to the formation a common and broad thinking on these issues, which may influence the choice of the major parties and movements of opinion.

Starting from a small company such as Poggio Moiano, we want to start a new phase of national and local politics, contributing to the affirmation of these issues. For this reason we decided to build a movement of opinion, through regular meetings, which may form a meeting point for discussion and exchange of views between those who feel close to these issues and wants to fight for his affermazione.Vi invite you to sign this document and take part in this movement to start , from Poggio Moiano, a fertile and innovative new political season, it can make its contribution both to the choices of local governments that, through the affirmation of a laboratory innovative policy, providing a useful example for other companies and perhaps , even for the national political choices.