ITALY: MASS PROTEST MARCH BY ITALIAN FARMERS

Record ID: 645870

  • Title: ITALY: MASS PROTEST MARCH BY ITALIAN FARMERS
  • Date: 16th April 1970
  • Summary: 1. SV FARMERS MARCH PAST WITH BANNERS 0.08 2. GV ARCHWAY, TILT DOWN TO PROCESSION 0.21 3. GV PAN ALONG DITTO 0.27 4. SV SPECTATORS PAN TO FARMERS 0.32 5. SV PULL BACK FROM BANNER 0.38 6. GV FARMERS WITH FLAGS 0.46 7. TV ASSEMBLED FARMERS IN SQUARE 0.56 8. SV LEADER BONOMI SPEAKS TO FARMERS (2 SHOTS) 1.10 Initials RJ/V/AS/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st May 1970 13:00
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  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVAAGEF63RK51YUL9RIA0RGC8DDC
  • Story Text: ABOUT 100,000 FARMERS FROM ALL PARTS OF ITALY MARCHED THROUGH ROME TODAY (THURSDAY) TO PROTEST AGAINST LIVING CONDITIONS. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS CALLED BY THE STRONGLY ANTI COMMUNIST SMALLHOLDERS' CONFEDERATION.

    ITS THOUGHT THAT THE DEMONSTRATION WAS ORGANISED AS AN ANSWER TO THE RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY.

    THE FARMERS TRAVELLED INTO ROME IN BUSES FROM WIDELY SCATTERED AREAS. THEY CONVERGED ON THE PIAZZA DEL POPOLO AND THEN MARCHED BEHIND MORE THAN 30,000 ITALIAN FLAGS THROUGH THE CITY STREETS.

    ONE OF THE ORGANISERS OF THE DEMONSTRATION, PAOLO BONOMI, ADDRESSED THE FARMERS AT THE END OF THE DEMONSTRATION. HE SAID MOVES SHOULD BE MADE FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN FARM HOUSES, ROADS, ELECTRICAL POWER AND FARM MECHANISATION. HE SAID THAT THIS WOULD STOP THE GENERAL EXODUS OF FARMERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUTLYING AREAS INTO THE CITIES.

    THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS DURING THE DEMONSTRATION.
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