Green pass, protests in Rome, Milan and Turin

Green pass, protests in Rome, Milan and Turin against the mandatory nature of the green document after the approval of the new decree by the government. “Liberty, liberty, liberty” sang from the demonstration held in Piazza del Popolo in Rome. There are those who shout “no Green pass”, who “live Italy free”. There are a few hundred people who are protesting peacefully. A boy waves the Italian flag and one, with a microphone, invites not to apply the government’s measures. “Assassins, assassins, assassins”, this is the cry addressed to the institutions by the demonstration. Some people wear T-shirts featuring Dragons and Hope behind bars. “I will never get injected with an experimental serum to please a sick society”, “No Green Pass, yes home care”, “turn off the TV, turn on the brain”: these are some of the posters that appeared in the square. Not only banners, but also chants and shouts: to the cry of “resistance”, “freedom” hundreds of people show their opposition to what the Draghi government has decided. “We are here to express our opposition to the use of the Green Pass. We are not against the vaccine, but we believe that this measure damages the economy. I have a restaurant and I have few outdoor seats. With this measure, many will fail. “, one of the demonstrators tells Adnkronos.” I don’t want to have my children vaccinated. They are 10 and 11 years old, but I fear that they too will soon be forced to get vaccinated. Hands off the children “, the words of a mother who participates in the demonstration with her family. The march against the Green pass also started in Milan, from Piazza Fontana, to the cry of” freedom, freedom “. Several hundred demonstrators, mostly without masks, headed for Piazza Duomo. At the start of the march there were some tensions with the press, with demonstrators who tried to drive away journalists by calling him “sold”. “We go where we want” and “no green pass” the choirs that alternate with insults against the Prime Minister Mario Draghi. At the head of the procession, which in a few minutes entered the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele and reached Piazza della Scala, the banner “Via the multinationals from the State” and “no big Pharma” stands out. On many placards exhibited by demonstrators, then, there are similarities between the discrimination of the unvaccinated and that suffered by Jews. “Unvaccinated = Jews” reads one poster in the shape of a star of David, while on another the green pass is compared to a swastika. In front of the entrance to Palazzo Marino, the seat of the Municipality of Milan, the carabinieri are lined up in riot gear. “Take off your helmets, we are for freedom and peace, not for violence”, the demonstrators shout to the military. “We are the people, the police must be on our side”, “the people have woken up, I don’t know how much we can protect them”, add other people who are protesting against the green pass. “We are not against vaccines, but the anti-Covid one is not, it is a gene therapy”, says Dario, in the square with his wife. “Hands off the children, no green pass” shouts a fringe of the parade. To the cry of ‘no green pass’ and ‘freedom’ several hundred people also returned to the square this afternoon in Turin against the new rules on the use of Green pass also in indoor restaurants and clubs. Among the participants, together with Worldwide rally for freedom, Torino Tricolore, Forza Nuova and CasaPound. “We want the freedom to choose, we don’t want to be blocked at home by a piece of paper”, underlined the demonstrators who, behind a banner that reads ‘united for freedom of choice’, are marching through a section of the city center, from the square Castle in piazza Vittorio.