(continuously day: 20/07/2008)
New comments on PD and the Government: go to link:
http://www.unita .com / view.asp? IDcontent = 77296
http://www.altroconsumo.it/images/21/213083_Attach.pdf
http://www.repubblica.it/2008/04/sezioni / politica/scalfari-fondi-2/spazzatura-governo/spazzatura-governo.html
http://www.corriere.it/editoriali/08_luglio_20/editoriale_robin_tax_giavazzi_41b200fc-562a-11dd-a206-00144f02aabc.shtml
http://www.repubblica.it/2008/06/sezioni/economia/pubb-ammin/fannulloni-geniali/fannulloni-geniali.html
Received and Published:
Hello everyone, we
Anna Perri, Stefano Tretti, respectively secretary and coordinator of the Secretariat of the Circolo PD Pigneto Prenestino (VI Hall).
Following the document that we are sending you attached a few days ago, we received many comments and suggestions from other coordinators and points of reference of the Democratic Party in Rome. At this point, we wonder if it is appropriate to begin to know each other better, see, chat about the state of the construction of PD in Rome and to start a movement of ideas and policy initiatives from below that truly represents the needs of the people and those who have joined the project of the Democratic Party.
At regional level, have been held primaries to elect the regional secretary, hoping that the tool is also used for the primaries to elect the Secretary Roman promises, therefore, an election day on November 30. E 'probable, therefore, to be made up as candidates and more candidates to form the Regional Assembly and Citizens.
Apart from the names of secretaries, we believe it is important to stress that the primaries are designed to give voice to the movement to enhance the skills and the younger generation to break the mold of the old politics and to give air and force the construction of the PD, in Lazio and Rome.
How do we want to deal with the challenge of the primaries? What kind of party we have in mind? How to choose the new ruling classes? How better to justify them? What role the Territorial Circles?
of irons in the fire there is so much. That's why this request to network, see, know, confront, debate, talk politics and return to it in the appropriate forums, that within the party: first to wait months to be convened by the Roman leadership, and maybe find the decisions ready, it is good that the clubs are aimed primarily to address the construction of the party and the selection of the new ruling classes, it is true that we are the driving force behind the PD, as it is recognized by most parties.
With some of you have already discussed: we set the informal meeting, then, on Thursday, '24, at 19:30. The appointment is at the entrance of the central Unity Day Caracalla. Date confirmation email, come in number, spread the word to the Coordinators who know and do everything to be there. It 's a familiar and informal first time put some dots on the many questions that still remain unanswered.
have any questions or information, write or call at 349 3958915 (Stephen).
Best wishes, Stephen
Tretti and Anna Perri
Circolo PD - Pigneto Prenestino
There have been reports sent Giancarlo And Oscar D'Alessandro Cosentino realtive the seminar "The challenge of the Democratic Party" promoted by Democrats on the Net June 25 at the Residence Ripetta, with prayer for the dissemination to the members of the Board PD organs Romans. To read them go to Link:
http://www.farerete.org/
No one can judge (see the link):
http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/ Nessuno-lo-può-giudicare/2033089 & ref = HPSP
"Save Italy".
's called the petition so that the Democratic Party has promoted and that will start the weekend to end October 25, during the national demonstration called by the party. The petition centers on two issues: the defense of democratic rules and laws against forcing the government wrong, the fight to restart Italy, starting salaries and pensions ...
have so far signed in 5282.
To sign go to:
http://www.partitodemocratico.it/gw/producer/firme.aspx?t=/speciali/salva_italia/home.htm
Call:
Attention Coordinators of the Working Pd Rome
inoltrarre From the Secretariats of the Working PD and the founders of Rome
All of the Democratic Party Democratic
Dear, Dear Democrats
We announce with pleasure that addressing the issue of future development of the Democratic Party, Wednesday, 16 next, at 17 and 30 at the Auditorium of Via Rieti, held a meeting with
Bersani, Tocci, Zingaretti
topic ' meeting "Rome, Italy, we leave".
Please distribute this message as much as possible for a large turnout.
economic choices of the new government:
comments, criticisms and proposals for Tito Boeri (L'Espresso )
go to:
http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Meno-tasse -più-consumi/2032822 & ref = HPSP
The scheme mediocratico
(Ilvo DIAMONDS - The Republic)
From Sabina Guzzanti Silvio Berlusconi, through Beppe Grillo: the path of Italian democracy seems to have done. Beyond the democracy of public opinion. Until the "mediocracy".
define it as not to evoke "mediocrity," which for us is a democratic virtue, when summed timid passions, detachment, moderation. We intend, in this way, echoing the power of the media. Who imposed the policy not only the language, style: even the rules and patterns of organization. Finally, the actors. Of course, we know that the interrelationship between media, communication and politics has a history long and comprehensive, and full of illustrative examples and by no means "poor." Just think of Ronald Reagan, modest actor in his youth, but U.S. President among the most important of the postwar period. Or, Terminator, aka Arnold Schwarzenegger, current governor of California. But in Italy the plot is narrower than elsewhere. It is designed so that almost as fast there are not realized. It was the beginning of the turbulent nineties. From the mass parties, ideology, organized, locally based political parties was passed without a society, organized in the center and fragile in the suburbs. But most of all: your own, influenced by the logic of communication and marketing. A sort of populism media, whose inventor is unquestioned and unsurpassed Silvio Berlusconi. Creator of a successful party, Forza Italy, but at the same time, the Second Republic. Which he has become the main reference and ideological dividing line: to accept or reject. No reservations. Master of the main private television group. Imposed and "sold" on the political market himself and his party as a product. The Coke or ferrero-rocher. After him, the television has become the main place of participation and identity politics.
Even today, however, voters prefer the information center of Mediaset, the voters of the center of the RAI. By tradition and loyalty. Even whether the differences between the networks are now thin and the information of Mediaset, in some cases, it is more "left" than that offered by RAI. It is not said - and, in our opinion, is not true - that TV is the main place - if not the only one - in which form (worse for shaping) the views of voters. But it is a conviction rooted and shared, especially in the political class. Without distinction of party and party. Also in the center. Where the traditional parties, worn by the ideological and organizational point of view, they chased the model invented by Berlusconi, shifting their center of gravity from the territory of the video, the organization personalization, marketing ideologies, ideas slogans. In a few years, where he becomes the show is the spectacle of politics.
The center, in this scene, dived headfirst. Discounts the initial problem of inexperience. But it is used quickly, crowding every network and every program. Any time. From "One Morning" to the "Nights" of Vespa and Mentone. The jurisdiction of the communication system is, therefore, become an important requirement for a political career. No coincidence that Berlusconi's most influential advisers are two professionals of the media system: Gianni Letta and Giuliano Ferrara. The center is at the environment of television journalism, which has selected, with alternate success, the Italian Parliament and Europe, but also mayors and governors.
The image and the confidence the media weighed in the choice of candidate for prime minister. For these reasons Rutelli in 2001 and the same in 2008, Veltroni called Berlusconi to challenge. Of course, both political (or average) along the course, came from an administrative success, as mayor of Rome. Veltroni is also secretary of the Democratic Party, voted in the primaries by millions of voters. However, in both cases, the ability to communicate has contributed significantly to their choice.
The parable of mediocracy, left, has collapsed in recent years with the overrunning of satirical comedians and actors: the opera and the squares on the screens. By actors from satire to political actors, tout-court. This is the case of Sabina Guzzanti, exploded during the recent demonstration of girotondi, Piazza Navona. Of which was an absolute hero. Along with Beppe Grillo, a leader of a movement of opinion which has taken measures mass and crosses all political parties. The political rise of the comic and satirical, left, has a number of reasons. There has contributed, first, Silvio Berlusconi, who named them - and legitimate - as "enemies." Decree, in some cases, expulsion from the media. But the actors have become satirical political leaders drawn from the results mainly because of the media center. Moreover, in terms of communication, on TV but also in public events, Pecoraro Scanio, Diliberto Franceschini or how they can compete with Sabina Guzzanti? Or starring in the theatrical scene as Moni Ovadia, the Nobel Dario For and Franca Rame (who was already in parliament)? Not to mention Beppe Grillo. There is no game. Finally, there is the difficulty of making opposition. Since the radical left has disappeared, and that reform is too timid. Then the squares become theaters where they performed a show of opposition "shocked". Because they know (and should) do the comedians and actors of satire. Scrutinize and expose the vices of politics. The enemy and - even more so - of supposed friends.
For this
in Piazza Navona, on Tuesday, could not go otherwise. Sabina Guzzanti and Beppe Grillo can play the chords of popular feeling and resentment. They do scandal and news. The best interpretation of the show of indignation. Other than Di Pietro and Furio Colombo. But it is not sufficient simply to satire, as some among the organizers and one of the leaders (so-called) political (real) present at the event. Too simple. Too easy. This was well explained Sabina Guzzanti, in his letter to Corriere della Sera: "Anyone who speaks to audiences in politics." Not only that, but "the speech of a comic can be much more political than that of a politician." He's right. You its intervention to have the sign imprinted political expressions of Piazza Navona. She is the protagonist of the event. In
mediocracy, moreover, the center of the scene is inevitably occupied by "mediocre." With unpleasant side-effects and adverse to the reformist members of the center. 1) Why good satire is not reformist, but revolutionary. Does not accept the mediation is uncompromising and, today, anti-politics. But the anti-political voters especially discouraging and disappointing to the left. 2) Why between Berlusconi, Guzzanti and Grillo, including Berlusconi, Veltroni and Rutelli: mediocratico in a system, there is no game. The first is the master, the impresario. Other: actors or apprentices. Moreover, in the era of democracy of the public, "the only one who beat Berlusconi, twice - or rather one and a half - it was Romano Prodi. Anticommunist and antitelevisivo. Why do the media, image, TV, politics, count, but not everything. We need something else. Presence in society, organization. Identity. Hope. But this left divided between brave and angry, without dialogue between the opposition and opposition without dialogue: the risk of being alone without hope.
(July 13, 2008)
A drawing perverse and authoritarian
(Eugenio Scalfari - La Repubblica)
E 'need to speak of justice, Law Ghedini-Alfano being fast approval of the amendment process stops and its hoped-dismantling, the ban on newspapers to report news on the investigative phase of investigations and prosecutions. It is necessary to reaffirm strongly, as did Ezio Mauro in his article on Friday, the shame of a strategy dominated by the obsession of the "premier" to avoid at all costs and by all means the celebration of his trial for a very serious offense (bribery of judges) that is not within his ministerial functions, a shameful crime of common law courts with the investigation removed a major "weak point" of equality of all citizens before the law. All
this is necessary and well done to the Democratic Party strongly oppose the whole of this legislation are unacceptable either in substance or in the procedures and timing that characterized them. But there is one aspect of the situation even more serious because it goes beyond the specific case of denial of justice on Silvio Berlusconi. And relating to the change in the course material of the Constitution.
You are in fact occurring after only two months of taking office the government a massive shift of power towards the figure of the "premier" and the government led by him, increasing intimidation against judges and prosecutors, a real confiscation of parliamentary control of which the main actors are the same as presidents of both chambers and the parliamentary majority as a whole. He had never seen in sixty years of a Republican Parliament so prone in front of the executive power should be scrutinized.
The Houses are actually transformed into corridors of government, their presidents have accepted without a murmur, which decrees signed by the head of state for reasons of urgency were tampered with by lewd and not appropriate amendments, bills of which the Head of State had rejected the decrees of the conditions for apparent lack of urgency were voted in by reversing the order forty-eight hours of work and the entire parliamentary agenda.
I repeat here not only shows the obsession of the accused Berlusconi, shows a profound change and extremely dangerous material of the Constitution of the Republic, which initiates the Italian democracy toward authoritarian forms, weakens the independence and operation of the counter-space, sports at stake guarantee institutions starting with that of the Presidency of the Republic.
We have entered a political stage dominated by the urgency, sometimes real but more often invented, and brought about artificially. The urgency becomes an emergency, the emergency becomes exceptional. The government acts as if we were under martial law or in the presence of huge natural disasters; the decrees of one another, the texts of the financial measures adopted in nine minutes without any of the components of the government he has read, the speed becomes a value in itself regardless of merit, the filing of "Roma" and their children must be performed at the pace of office; three thousand three hundred thousand policemen and soldiers are to accompany police officers to give citizens the feeling of a huge looming threat and at the same time the assurance of the army to dominate it.
This is happening under the eyes of a shocked public opinion, and blackmailed by inconcrete invelenita dall'antipolitica rampant fears that provides to weaken the social responsibility and the feeling morale.
* * * It is true that in the global era depository institutions at various levels of sovereign powers must be able to decide the appropriate speed. The speed has actually become one of the conditions on the decision, since the lentocrazia not suited to global problems. A local, national, continental, imperial, speed is a value in itself implies that a centralized authority and efficiently. The clearest paradigm of this post-modern form of presidential democracy is provided by the United States, where the President, directly elected, uses tools and high sovereignty of an administrative apparatus that he directly relates. The presidential democracy, however, would cease to be such if it were placed in a state of law based on the existence of multiple mutually balanced powers. The first of these is to balance the autonomy of the States, which delimits the territorial federal jurisdiction.
The second is the Congress and particularly the Senate, where the bond election of senators by the people of the State in which they were elected is much higher than the bond of belonging to the party: parties which are more liquid form of the electoral committees aimed the selection of candidates rather than to the custody of ideologies and disciplines partitocratiche. Under these conditions, the members Congress and its committees are a powerful "countervailing power" is particularly effective in finance and in the appointment of all officers of the federal investigative powers in both control and which are not weakened by the unstable membership in political parties .
The third power resides in the Supreme Court acting on the basis of actions by acting on the jurisdiction and constitutionality.
The fourth estate is the free press, in which no other power has never asked for special protection restrictions and constraints of institutions and public personality. Newspapers and journalists are incurring as everyone in the crimes covered by the law but there is no limit to press to publish news on any subject and any person, especially if they are public figures, their public activities and their private behavior and very private.
This is in broad outline the complex picture of presidential democracy, further enriched by the diversity of churches and religious freedom that comes with it. This is not of a static model or a model with no deformities, vices, large and very large wounds, much less of an ideal society to be emulated in all respects. But constitutes a landmark in the evolution of democratic centralism within the rule of law and the separation of powers balanced and counter-powers. Nothing like the new constitution to which material is devolving the Italian situation.
*
mistaken those who consider the involution of our system of democracy deformed savings institutions to the economy. In reality it is the most exposed to the elements of public policies and so-called creativity and imagination of which we have already done five years experience in the Three Peak dismal 2001-2006. Those policies have returned to work in an international framework even more complex and troubling.
The example of very high alert is provided by the Alitalia case of which we have spoken several times and now seems to emerge in all its gravity. Based on the most reliable rumors leaked directly from the 'advisor' Banca Intesa, one proceeds towards the formation of a "new Alitalia", which could use 80 percent of the flight paths on the national territory and the crew and of land necessary for carrying out this activity. The properties of the new company would be entirely private and national levels. It would no longer have any debt as debts, losses, redundancies would be fully transferred to a "bad company" or "old Alitalia" if you prefer, public property, initiated the settlement with all the consequent burdens. In
outline the main beneficiary of this kind is represented by the owner of Air One, a company that largely failed to download its debts and its losses in "bad company" and would receive shares of the "new company" means a full-scale rescue dependent of public money. Many other aspects very doubtful one can see in this project, the mouth of what would be a regional company of the type of Sabena and Swissair, risen from the ashes of a failure to serve a little more than a regional market. If this happens, the public and employees of Alitalia will be able to measure the damage that the reckless conduct of Berlusconi Tremonti has brought the negotiations with the country sinking Air France with no alternative plan and waving the smoke and mirrors for the national airline.
*
bench still holds the dispute between Tremonti and Dragons on "Robin Hood Tax". In the recent meeting of ABI (Italian Banking Association), the Minister and the Governor were both present and speakers. The newspapers have reported in detail the clash - however very guarded in the forms - which occurred between the two, who broke with the governor on the need to avoid the "Robin Hood Tax results in an increase in costs of energy and 'banking and the minister who was defending his image as defender of the weak and strict tassatore classes of speculative profits. "Before are taxed the workers who could not possibly pass on their taxes more, "he said at one point the Minister of Economy, looking proudly around him as he happens to do when you think of having dealt a blow straight to the chest of the opponent.
Before you
taxed workers. Employees. Of course, it is. It was always like that because the employees were the only social group that has paid taxes in full, except for having to accept to immerse themselves in precarious employment black everything that goes with it both on the wage is on the social benefits and safety protections. Before the workers are taxed. Why is the minister uses the imperfect history? Now you do not rate more? On the contrary: now tax themselves even more than before. A glance at the figures out by Istat just two days ago.
IRPEF weight is increasing and, in the personal tax revenue, is increasing the burden on workers, and those employees in particular. Before you rate? Never before have taxed, Mr Tremonti and it is she to do so. So do not use the past tense because the issue is terribly historic present (and future).
* * * The same
Tremonti presented recently in Brussels on his paper on the importance of speculation in the increase in prices for energy and commodities. Would to be, in expectation of the minister and of the many newspapers that are chorus, a sort of triumphal march. Instead it was a flop as it must for many reasons we listed last Sunday. European authorities have politely questioned whether the price increase resulting from speculation (the same observation made at the meeting Dragons ABI mentioned above), have questioned whether we can prove collusion between operators and finally put in doubt that Europe has tools to intervene in the market of commodities and oil which takes place mostly on non-European places.
This story of the century of speculation fever is a way another as an external enemy to inspire imagination and distract attention from far more significant and troubling reality. So the government will face a tough autumn. Marcegaglia is now also "extremely concerned" by the drop in industrial production last May and again to what is expected for June and subsequent months. But he did not know, do not expect him it was not in the signals of its antennas, president of Confindustria kind? The weather was good until a couple of weeks ago, she said. So a nasty surprise, a bolt from the blue? Be more careful, Mrs. Marcegaglia: This is serious stuff and can not be distracted with impunity.
(July 13, 2008)
(Reflections of a national indignation, continuously updated 04/07/2008)
perceived insecurity, which translates into desire for decisiveness. Nine minutes to make over 100 decisions: the masterpiece of the Berlusconi media. People admire, found a new patron saint ... does not matter if many of these decisions will prove to be exceptional buffalo ... This mode of governance makes us a bit 'maximalist, a little' justice-a little 'giratondini, however, decided to clarify the "smart" this government.
The buffaloes of PDL
The dialogue between the majority and the opposition has not failed because of the latter, but because the usual conflicts of interests of Berlusconi, TV and justice, burst on time with the highest priority on the political agenda, undermining the credibility of the actions and head of government. Today
emergencies are no longer the safety, waste, low wages, Alitalia, as promised during the election campaign, but block the process and protect the judiciary from the highest offices of a time stato.Ancora PDL has shown willingness to prioritize the interests of his boss, lied during the election campaign, mocking the citizens of this country.
Recent events (published by L'Espresso interceptions on Saccà) show once again the nature of the Cape Government, its methods and that they are made of men around him, but demonstrates the harmful and destructive this ongoing conflict. The buffalo
Tremonti:
1) tax on oil companies that takes from the rich to give to the poor
proposal very attractive, but low demagogic because this tax will affect in particular the distribution, but will eventually weigh on households with rising prices of fuel and electricity. Tremonti knows and adds a provision that would prevent this situation, but in practice, not having the energy market (prices) regulations, this prohibition is waste paper! Less than half of this revenue will go to poorest, through prepaid cards (it is the ideology of compassion that invents a card of poverty and decreed that all citizens are now on equal opportunities in social work). We do not know the identity of the beneficiaries (and therefore the amount), but the uncertainty is perhaps intended to contain the disbursement and allocate it for other purposes.
However, a more serious and less propaganda proposal could be to allocate income to a lower portion of the proceeds (two billion), which was collected by Eni, in the form of dividends, the increase in oil prices
Finally, any tax outstanding by the idea of an illiberal and arbitrary taxes for use and consumption of political turn: In a nutshell Tremonti is not Robin Hood, but his archenemy, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
2) sets the target inflation rate 2008 to 1, 7% (the real one is 3.6%, more than 5% for purchases more frequently)
You are using the law that governs wage increases since 1993, but being in this case, well below the real inflation rate, the risk is to further reduce the purchasing power of workers and retirees. The Government, Confindustria and the unions are another model contract! The buffalo
Scajola:
1) It 's easy to relaunch nuclear power without discussion and study, but it is much less state, in principle, the sites involved. It makes everything so as not to interrupt the honeymoon!
The buffaloes of La Russa:
1) Soldiers in the streets. Our forces are around 350,000. The most numerous of the EU. The contribution of the soldiers will be about dell'0, 80% is not addressed as an 'emergency. The military will be used mainly for the sake of image and propaganda! The buffalo
Alemanno and Berlusconi: The International Agency
S & P: "Nono holes are hidden in the Municipality of Rome"
Veltroni: "Hole in Rome: buffalo media and politics; In Rome, the debt is 2001 to 2007 grew by 14.4%, 18.2% in Milan. The debt per capita is 2540 euro in Rome, Milan 2840. "
The buffalo Berlusconi ( updated 07/04/2008):
1) We invented a shadow minister, Alfano, to cover are involved in the criminal and his shyster Ghedini, true justice minister
2) He dusted off the patrol as ministers of the veterans of decision Craxi (Tremonti, Brunetta, Sacconi (and yesterday his "vaffa" the audience CISL), Frattini) for handle uncertainties and fish in the center.'m eclectic and unscrupulous politicians, and if necessary will resort to their workhorse of 80 years: the increase of public debt
3) Selecting and drastically reducing the intercepts and processes for citizens to know and prevent the judiciary to process its possible involvement undignified and, among others, those of Senior and inefficiencies extravagance of government (which will all be attributed to the "fannuloni" Brunetta). In addition, processes for many crimes (rape, usury, robberies ,...) that before the elections were considered dangerous to the security of citizens are now suspended: in fact creating a disguised amnesty. Busy
how to trim a little starlets little competition (see Rai), to promote as Ministers infirm people (measures emanate from dictation), favors its own interests and neglecting those of the country (wages, families, taxes, security, waste ,...) which had placed first in the election campaign. Now it seems to be concerned about the revelations about its capabilities and seducing some of her affair with the minister and so he invents blackmail and emergency ordinances to cover inpunità of his anxiety and his fear of losing the reputation of the great deceiver which has also contributed to his political success.
The public reaction to this way of governing is increasingly weak government continues to enjoy a very high consensus. In the last decade Berlusconi's populism, through its many instruments, has sown good and now has spread to most of this country (there are also signs of slowing in the central regions). Civil society from a few signs of vitality. Most of the media ownership is not lukewarm, if not complicit.
We need participation, which translates into very strong ideas and action. Visible and often. The PD should stop with the internal feuds! Choose what to accept and reject what the Government proposals, programs and projects to propose credible alternatives, based on efficiency and equity. Only then can we hope to awaken the public to be truly democratic this sleep!
Vincent P.
0 comments:
Post a Comment