Justice: the group Facebook, which organized the No Cav Day to demand the resignation of Prime Minister.
Just look at their Facebook page, "No Day Berlusconi." Yesterday at 13:20 had 247,563 members. After two hours, if another 2,000 were added, at the 17:21 mark rounding: 250,025. A quarter of a million. It is an event that defies any definition that came up for Facebook, thousands of little Don Quixote, trying to challenge Berlusconi with a very clear request: "You have to defend yourself, and get, like every other citizen, the courts of the Republic". Appointment in Rome, Saturday, Dec. 5, in Piazza della Repubblica, Rome. To understand how a mobilization the age of Internet, we talk about the genesis of the facts from NoBDay Grisorio Joseph, one of the organizers. History tells us that proves surprising at every step, light years away from the rites and the long delays of politics as we know it. Let him speak. "It was Oct. 8, the day after the rejection of the immunity law. At lunchtime we were monitoring Facebook, where I have a thousand friends. Among them is also San Precarious . I do not know who he is, but I follow it because for me it is a mask behind which there are views similar to mine, another key to the company. San Precarious tells me that many are writing to their satisfaction at the rejection of the award, but their discomfort, the desire to work against the bad comes the master who took our country. The next day I get a notice: 'San Precarious you appointed administrator of the page-a national demonstration to demand the resignation of the Berlusconi-', a direct message to other people, the same ones that form the core of organizational NoBDay. We were a bit 'out of place: none of us had ever organized a demonstration.
But we began to work, involving our virtual friends. They could not predict how the network would respond, but it was clear from day one that our group on Facebook was different: could perhaps be able to move the mobilization on the real plane. The page, in fact, has spread like a virus a few days later, he began to have a regular member every eight seconds, for a total of 11-12 thousand every day. But the real breakthrough came when a member asked us: "Catania are planning something?". We did not repeat are made twice: i have been so co-ordination groups, each with the same guidelines (you have to create a specific page on FB, publish the appeal, communicate with members in a participatory manner and inform all results achieved). Then we worked on the translations. Through people who have offered to our page within a week we have the call in ten languages.
So we opened the site, noberlusconiday.org that now is the collector of all the information on the event. In late October have come forward Di Pietro Ferrero and the PDCI, although there was no need for some clarification, these accessions have been a recognition of the work done by the network. Meanwhile it was time to look into his eyes with social networks, you can overcome distance, but you can not eliminate them. From the beginning we had briefings on Skype: we knew each other for voice chat, but no one had ever seen the other face. The meeting was last Saturday, in a shop of fair trade, in Rome. We have given the roles of reference stable spokesman, press officer, logistics planning.
Now, in the territories, we are focusing on logistics: planning the parade, the stage in Piazza San Giovanni, while continuing to spread the appeal. The numbers are on our side so far took place forty leaflets throughout Italy, we have over one hundred local committees and 12 committees abroad. " Page Fb explodes in these hours of accessions. As I imagine Dec. 5? A huge purple square. With so many people who are there to build something. We chose purple because it is the color of sorrow and rebirth. It is the color that is used by more children in their designs because it expresses a desire for visibility and an instinct to communicate. If it is a success? Hopefully, this battered country. "
Federico Mello from The Daily Done (November 14, 2009)
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