Piazza Fontana massacre, Sala: ‘Our streets are still full of fascism’

Milan, 12 December (LaPresse) – “The Piazza Fontana bombing was a fascist massacre. We can get lost in defining these new forms of fascism that we see around us, neo-fascists, etc. Our streets are still full of fascism. So it is clear that we must be here, present at this moment, as are all the citizens of Brescia and Bologna, to say that in our cities, and I mean our cities, they will not pass.” Thus spoke the mayor of Milan, Beppe Sala, from the stage in Piazza Fontana, during the ceremony commemorating the massacre at the National Agricultural Bank, which on 12 December 1969 left 17 dead and 88 wounded. ‘Today, we need, and I call on everyone’s responsibility, first and foremost my own, to do everything possible to recreate a true, deep, shared sense of community that makes each of us responsible to others in preserving memory, but also in the shared choices that must arise from everyone’s commitment,’ continued Sala. ‘Since we believe in this, since we have demonstrated it, since we are a cohesive, strong community, let me say, since we love each other, let us move forward and continue our battle for a great Italy, for the Constitution and against fascism.’