[FA Worldmusic] Italian govt cracks down on the Rom gypsies

[Dore Stein]

Thanks Sasa and David. The petition is a start.

Those of us in the media or with websites or mailing lists need to inform
our readers/listeners. Ignorance is at the root of rascism.

Below are a few excerpts from recent articles.

Dore (tangents.com)



>Marco Nieli, the president of Opera Nomadi, the most important organisation
representing Italy's Roma, said: "The first Roma arrived in Italy in 1400
and have been here ever since, and are Italians in every respect. The real
problem is one of crass ignorance: if someone says that Roma steal babies,
the political parties reflect and amplify this nonsense. This way all the
problems are swept under the carpet."



Some 1.6 million Roma died in Germany and elsewhere during the Holocaust, a
proportionately greater genocide than that suffered by the Jews.



above from
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/plight-of-the-roma-echoes-of-mussolini-855436.html





'We don't want to be scapegoats,' said Roma singer and academic Santo
Spinelli, who helped organise the march. 'Italians are not racist, but we
must put an end to the misinformation, mystification and media violence in
this country.'


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/15/italy.race



On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM, sasa music 3 <rab at sasa.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> hi all
>
> just passing on this small way to protest against Italy's recent lurch to
> the right
>
> SAY NO to the the ethnic filing of the Roms - with or without fingerprints9
> record
>
> The Home Minister of Italy and member of North League, Roberto Maroni,
> announced recently that he intends recording the fingerprints of Rroms
> located in Italy. In the most cynical way, he justifies this measure by the
> need to protect the children! Sign the petition against any ethnic filing
> of
> the Roms and prevent the return of the brown plague !
>
> you can sign up here
>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/08041971/petition.html
>
> +
>
> more news...
>
> Tuesday July 1, 2008 Italy's highest appeal court has ruled that it is
> acceptable to discriminate against Roma on the grounds that they are
> thieves. The judgment, made public yesterday, comes amid a nationwide
> clampdown on the Roma community by Silvio Berlusconi's government. Last
> week
> his interior minister, Roberto Maroni, announced plans to fingerprint all.
>
> David Flower
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