On October 29 took place in the solemn and touching Melissa initiatives to commemorate the tragic day of sixty years earlier, in which three young laborers, Francesco Nigro, Angelina Mauro and John Zito, lost their lives. The event during which they were shot dead by police Scelba was not unlike the thousands that took place in Italy, especially in the south, between 1943 and 1950: calling for work and the allocation of unused land to the peasants. It was not even the only one to end so tragically, if at the time the demonstrators were killed 75, injured over 5,000, that process 93,000 61,243 convicts and those (the numbers alone are enough to explain that it was not "troublemakers" as they called Scelba, and that their concerns were not impromptu or corporate type). Even the laborers were
lentinesi artists of that struggle. Among these are innumerable dead, but neither of them were spared pain and tragedies: there were dozens of injuries and hundreds of trial.
Mayor Lentini, Alfio Mangiameli was present, along with a delegation that included myself. The first citizen on behalf of the city has expressed solidarity to the municipality and the population of the Calabrian town and wanted to remember the contribution of struggle, suffering and sacrifice that our laborers gave in the '40s and '50s for progress and social justice in Italy. And has collected clear signs of appreciation and respect and sympathy from public officials, trade unionists, public speakers. Among these are the mayor of Melissa, Gino Murgia, the coordinator of the Foundation G. Di Vittorio, Andrea Gianfagna, teachers Gino Massullo, La Sapienza University in Rome, Cesare Pitto, University of Calabria, Tommaso Baris, University of Palermo, the secretary of the CGIL Calabria, Sergio Genco, and the secretary of the CGIL Crotone, Antonio Spataro.
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