Porto Torres, the state roads of Cagliari and Nuoro, Olzai, Sanluri. The streets are painted white, the breeders and the shepherds of Sardinia they stop the trucks, they spill milk on the black asphalt, they throw poor quality meat from France onto the ground.
Il “ox people”, the one derided by the Italian and European elites, the same one who voted in favor of Brexit, the same one who triesably gave impetus to the growth of the derogatorily so-called 'populism', demonstrates his once again and without discontinuity class consciousness, this one yes, without borders.
Mountain and stone people, of crystal clear sea and mistral, forte, gentile, stubborn, island. They are not soft citizens, they are strengthened by the fresh saltiness of the most beautiful island in the Mediterranean, and they know well that sixty cents for each liter of milk they are an affront to the dignity of the entire production system, starting from the animal to arrive at the cheese producer. In defiance of European rules, in defiance of those of the market, you have variegated beard open minded of the continent.
They ask for justice, quality work and recognition, social rights. Perhaps many do not have a degree, but they know how to live in the world better than anyone with a degree. Some people prefer to waste milk than sell it to loan sharks, which set prices lower than production prices, there is so much milk from beyond the Alps, cheaper but of lower quality. They they work and produce, and they rightly claim. The exact opposite of the violent protesters in Turin, that set fire, they vandalize and litter if their occupied community center is closed, where they play at being anarchists with other people's money and utilities, of taxpayers.
Italy can only try pride for these its citizens, present, active, aware of their identity. In front of the market, to the invisible hand, all’Ue, as well as to those who continue to snub the results of a vote that does not reward their favorites, one can only shout: “Long live universal suffrage, long live the shepherds of Sardinia, long live the ox people!”.
(Of Alessandro Carocci)
source – https://oltrelalinea.news/2019/02/10/lavoro-e-dignita-dalla-parte-dei-pastori-sardi/