Sardine movement

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Flash mob "6000 sardines against Salvini" on November 14, 2019 in Bologna

The Sardine Movement ( Italian movimento delle sardine or just le sardine ) is a grassroots political movement that emerged in Italy in November 2019. The movement regularly organizes peaceful demonstrations to protest against the increasing right-wing populist and extremist tendencies in Italy. In particular, the agitative rhetoric of the neo-fascist party secretary of the Lega Matteo Salvini is condemned. The name “Sardines” goes back to the idea that demonstrations should be organized with a large number of participants, in which the participants stand close together like sardines in a swarm.

history

The sardine movement was inspired by a flash mob that took place on November 14, 2019 in Piazza Maggiore , the main square in Bologna , Emilia-Romagna . The flash mob was intended as a counter-event to the campaign kick-off event by Matteo Salvini and his Lega party for the Italian regional elections in 2020 in the PalaDozza city ​​hall in Bologna. The motto of the event was " Bologna non si Lega ", which literally translates as "Bologna does not bind", but is also a reference to the name of the Salvini party, Lega . The flash mob, organized by four friends via social networks, had set itself the goal of gathering at least 6,000 people in Piazza Maggiore and was supposed to bring more people together than the only 5,750 people in the town hall, in which Salvini was the top candidate of the Lega on the same evening for the regional council elections in Emilia-Romagna at the end of January 2020, Lucia Bergonzini presented. In the flash mob , which also called "6,000 sardines against Salvini" (" 6000 sardine contro Salvini "), almost 15,000 people finally took part, which also led to a great deal of media attention for the protest.

Sardine protests in Modena

In the weeks that followed, another hundred flash mobs were organized across Italy, the largest taking place in Florence , Milan and Turin . A few flash mobs also took place abroad, such as in New York City . A month after the first flash mob in Bologna was on 14 December 2019 in Piazza San Giovanni in Rome for Sardina Global Day called the attended 35,000 people according to organizers and 100,000 according to police. On January 19, 2020, a week before the regional council elections in Emilia-Romagna, a concert was organized by the Sardines on Piazza VIII Agosto in Bologna and financed through crowdfunding , at which numerous Italian artists performed and which, according to the organizer, 35,000 to 40,000 people attended.

ideology

The sardines see themselves as a non-partisan movement. In their manifesto, published on November 21, 2019, they specifically oppose a populism characterized by lies, hatred and empty content . The fight against the omnipresence of populist statements, especially in networks, is announced. In particular, it is demanded that “violence in all its forms should disappear from political language and political content”.

Critics, especially from the right-wing party spectrum, hold the sardines against their proximity to the Democratic Party . The movement was publicly praised not only by the Democratic Party, but also by politicians from the Five Star Movement . Representatives of the sardine movement themselves stated that they "stand behind the Italian constitution first of all". It was also pointed out by observers that the protesters come from a wide range of age groups.

Web links

Commons : Sardines Movement  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 'Sardines' against Salvini: Italy's fight against the far right . In: The Guardian , December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019. 
  2. ↑ Le parole della neopolitica - Sardine ( it ) In: Treccani, l'Enciclopedia italiana .
  3. ^ Italy's New 'Sardines' Movement Packs Piazzas to Protest Far-Right Leader . In: The New York Times , December 14, 2019. 
  4. ^ 'Sardines against Salvini': Italians pack squares in protest against far right . In: The Guardian , November 19, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019. 
  5. ↑ Emilia Romagna, Salvini lancia la campagna elettorale: "Prima Liberiamo Bologna e poi Firenze" (it) . November 14, 2019. 
  6. ^ Italy's 'Sardines' to bring protest movement against far right to Rome . In: France 24 . December 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ 'Sardines' say party over for populists . In: ANSA.it . November 21, 2019.
  8. ^ Tens of thousands turn out for anti-Salvini 'sardine' protest . In: euronews . 1st December 2019.
  9. ^ Italy's anti-Salvini 'sardines' movement spreads, plans more protests . In: Reuters , November 19, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019. 
  10. ↑ a b Sardine a Bologna domenica 19 gennaio: il programma completo con Afterhours, Subsonica e Marracash. In: mentelocale.it. January 17, 2020, accessed January 20, 2020 (Italian).
  11. ^ A New York arrivano le 'sardine atlantiche'. E also nella Grande Mela qualcosa è cambiato. In: ilfattoquotidiano.it. November 26, 2019, accessed January 20, 2020 (Italian).
  12. ↑ Il manifesto politico delle sardine. In: agi.it. November 21, 2019, accessed January 20, 2020 (Italian).
  13. ↑ a b "Sardine" Movement: Antipopulism with a Future? In: Deutsche Welle. December 19, 2019, accessed January 20, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Ecco chi c'è (davvero) dietro al movimento delle “sardine”. In: ilgiornale.it. November 18, 2019, accessed January 20, 2020 (Italian).