Solidarity with all the “anti-system” parties

I have never voted and I won't vote this time either: I don't believe in the democratic system, so, regardless, I don't take part. My political contribution is made through posts and writings, by hosting people I think are worth listening to even when I disagree with them, and through book presentations and by organising movement workshops.

I believe in the need to cultivate a “new man”: to cultivate what I believe in first within myself, and at the same time in what and who is close to me. This is my politics.

Having said that, I want to be clear that I understand everyone who will go and vote in the hope of changing something. I hope that change may come through the “democratic” route too, even though I don't believe it will. I don't have a crystal ball, and I sincerely hope I'm wrong and that the votes of so many friends will prove useful.

I also want to express my solidarity with all those who have committed themselves, and continue to do so despite a thousand difficulties, through that whole galaxy of small “anti-system” parties. Even though I am not taking part in the elections, I support them politically. I want to make it clear that this is not the time for divisions and hair-splitting: personally, anyone who has stood out over these two years for remaining on their feet and carrying their ideas forward, despite the insults and discrimination they have suffered, has my full backing, and if anyone thinks it could be useful, we at Cascina Bellaria are happy to host public discussions and debates.

So as not to appear to be something I am not, namely “all things to all people”, I want to make it clear that any party or political figure who does not openly condemn the monstrosities committed under the pretext of the health emergency, or who supported them during that period, does not deserve to be taken into any consideration whatsoever.

m.m.