Press reports initially described Carlo as \u201chomeless and unemployed, with a criminal background.\u201d Carlo\u2019s father is an official of the CGIL, the large, Communist affiliated trade union federation.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarlo was the exact opposite of what people have written about him. He was a boy of great generosity who was opposed to injustice. He read, he studied, he discussed, and he protested for his ideas. He always cared about others. And he always worked, if irregularly. He worked in the jobs that all young people are forced to take \u2013 in the black economy, without any security, without any rights.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe press said he had a criminal record. When he was 17 the police misidentified him as a criminal. He was accused of \u2018aggression against a public official.\u2019 But the judge laughed the case out of court and cleared him of the charges. Carlo didn\u2019t accept the notion that eight leaders of the world should decide the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people. Here in Genoa you do not need to go far to see the victims of their policies. Come back after the G8 have gone and you will see the desperation of those who are left in hunger, those who are forced to flee their own countries and settle here, forced to survive without any dignity in the alleyways that surround the harbor.<\/p>\n
On Friday\u2019s demonstration Carlo wore a balaclava, yes. But you cannot equate the throwing of a fire extinguisher with a gunshot to the head. In some ways we didn\u2019t understand each other. I am a member of the Democratic Left (former Communist Party) \u2014 well, I was, our branch has been closed for months.<\/p>\n
There won\u2019t be his liveliness in our house anymore. We won\u2019t have his jokes about football. And we won\u2019t have our political discussions anymore. But maybe now is the time for new people to open up new branches so we can carry on discussing.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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