Activists were gearing up
Wednesday for a march to protest a meeting of the European
Central Bank (ECB) in Naples.
Activists called on the unemployed, the under-employed,
students, and like-minded people to join the rally against the
European leaders' handling of the economic crisis "with the
complicity of governments".
They said that they were particularly concerned about the
troika, involving the European Union, the ECB, and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has imposed harsh
conditions on some countries in economic trouble.
The troika's involvement in Greece, for example, has been
controversial.
Organizers of Thursday's protest told residents and
shopkeepers along the route not to be afraid.
"We have heard of commercial activities or services that
are thinking of closing for fear of who knows what, of the
coming of who knows what catastrophe," wrote organizers from
Movements of Campania Against the ECB on social network pages.
"Don't let yourselves be swayed by the press or by the
rumours. In the streets, there will be thousands of Neapolitans
like you, who have been suffering the crisis for years and only
want to demonstrate against the real culprits".
"In reiterating the invitation to take to the streets
(Thursday) - the only real motive for which it would be worth
closing every commercial activity - let's remember that the
bankers meeting on the board of the ECB have done more damage
than all the protest marches of the last 100 years in Italy,"
said the group.
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