Silvia Baraldini, Italian activist held for years in the U.S., participated in a Friday, October 8 meeting organized by the Italy-Cuba club "Gino Done" at the house of the people of Sovigliana about the human rights situation in the United States.
We have the opportunity to ask you some questions.
Why did you decide to participate in this meeting organized by the Italy-Cuba club Empoli?
September is the month of solidarity with the five Cuban prisoners in the United States, I also belong to the National Committee for their release and it seemed logical to attend.
His case can be framed in what will be discussed tonight?
Mine was a very special case because he had to do with the movement in the U.S.. It is certain that what has happened to me, like many others in the past and how the five day may be an example of how the U.S. trample human rights.
you who participated in the '68 movement in America, how does the student movement today?
The thing they have in common is the desire of young people to change the world and have a voice to make their own ideas, in particular with regard to the school. We, too, in '68 we wanted to determine the content of our studies, but the same management. At this time then there is the need to fight Gelmini reform that will destroy public education as we know it today. Rightly, the students want to have a say because it's their lives that will change with this intervention.
an opinion on the information provided in Cuba and the United States
two worlds are hard to compare. Journalism Cuban says openly in favor of the Cuban government, in the U.S. but it's more subtle. I think that American journalism, though highly professional, even if it is propaganda so much different from Cuba. For example follow the economic interests may also want to follow those politicians often say, that what happens in the U.S.. Cubans certainly know much more than the U.S., not the other way. In the early days of post revolution in the U.S. there was some interest in the alternative Cuban then you lose.
What do you think of the situation of prisons in Italy?
Very bad, very outdated and based on the insulation. Very little socialization and ability to work or study. Currently the jail is not fulfilling its role, or did not press the rehabilitation of the individual and lead to the annihilation of personality. Clearly in such a system the worst elements have more power and command over all with the blessing of the guards.
general big question: an impression on the current Italian political
There is very little to say. I can not even vote, so let's say that I am not very interested in the Politics P capital. I am interested, for example, instead of the struggles of the water district for the advertising, against the high-speed or all that concerns the environment in which we live. The parties have very little to say except that I feel much nostalgia for the left that no longer exists.
This article appeared in the monthly magazine Vice Versa in the month of October 2010
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