© RIA Novosti. Igor MikhalevSome one million people have gathered in a rally on Saturday organized by the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL) in Rome against the government's labor market reforms.
General Secretary of CGIL Suzanne Camusso, addressed the government on stage saying "do not deceive yourself," and warned that the union would take to the streets and squares of cities throughout Italy to promote their cause, according to Italian news agency TM News.
"Today is not the last. CGIL will continue their protest to change the Job Act (law on employment) and the policies of the government, including by means of a nationwide strike," Camusso added.
CGIL's march under the slogan "Work, dignity, equality. To change Italy," began on Saturday as two processions made their way to Piazza San Giovanni from two different points of the city, TM News reported. Participants include people of different ages and social status, many of which are workers, the unemployed, pensioners and students. Protesters are demonstrating against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's employee protection rules which contribute to unemployment in the country.
According to Camusso, the "Stability Law", which defines the basic parameters of the state budget for 2015, is not sufficient to ensure that the country observe "equality."
In early September, the Italian prime minister presented a three-year program of measures and reforms to be implemented within "one thousand days." Key areas of the plan will include the labor legislation, judicial reform and institutional reform.
Tax breaks and spending cuts unveiled in Italy's 2015 budget earlier in October have also come under scrutiny by the public, with critics worrying the plans will prolong the country's ongoing recession and rise in unemployment.
Comment: Spell-binding: Depending on the "effect" needed to manipulate and influence public opinion, the PTB bank on a particular connotation to convey its message, a nose ring for mesmerizing constituents by whatever label fits the agenda. Guerrillas and Militants: depictions of unruly savages with bandannas and AK47s who engage in gang-style war-mongering leading to unpredictable bursts of violence. (If these are stooges, controllably convincing, all the better! ISIS and al Qaeda, for example.) Terrorists or Insurgents: a tried-and-true formula for mass fear-mongering and fomenting hatred for these "pinnacles of evil." (These don't even have to be real! They can be anyone, anytime, anywhere...or the PTB itself as in 9/11.) The PTB casts its spell on a gullible public and they respond according to script.
Due process of law doesn't apply to "bone fide evil-doers" so there is no accountability when it comes to the ultimate witch hunt. As in the days of old, truth doesn't apply. It is about the smoke and mirrors of deflection. The demonization of an entire population, such as the Muslims, provides "a threat to national security." With each illusory level of fake provocation, the government and military, unshackled, gain more and more control. Create a "war" so advanced weapons systems may be engaged for "defense." Prop up the evil bogey-man and obscure the real objectives: empirical land-grabs and control of someone else's resources. If you kill innocent civilians you just have to say they were terrorists or aiding terrorists, and voila, problem solved. Revise your definitions and no proof is necessary. It works like magic.
This piece was written in 2011. Since then nothing much has changed except the patterns and nefarious actions of "authority" have become increasingly transparent to those who choose to see.