Outspoken comedian Beppe Grillo reminisces about his long career, including the triumphs and controversies that fueled his rise in Italian politics.
In many Western countries, trust between the people and conventional political parties is at a low point while populist movements are on the rise. In Italy, protest party Movimento 5 Stelle, founded by popular comedian Beppe Grillo, vows to send all politicians home and bring power to the people. They win a stunning 25% votes, becoming the most-voted single party in Italy, but what happens when ideals meet parliamentary reality? Can one be uncompromising and effective at the same time? Are internet referendums direct democracy or faceless mob rule?
Italy is madness. Our employees in Parliament are in a madhouse. Among them they understand, but they do not know what reality is. They mixed up their private interests with party. The future are nuclear power plants, incinerators, parking lots, bridges on the close, the tunnel in the Susa Valley, DTT and the judiciary on a leash. They have delusions to "Veltrusconi". The call dialogue partners positions. We depend on foreign countries for energy and not exploit renewable. We depend on foreign countries for food goods and we destroy the wheat fields. We have one of the biggest public debts in the world and give five billion Euros to Libya. Egypt imports from Ukraine bread and we Chernobyl. Russia threatens nuclear retaliation for Georgia and the American nuclear bases with 90 nuclear warheads we have at Ghedi Torre and Aviano.
The V2-Day (short for Fuck-Day and resumed in the symbol V of V for Vendetta ) was a popular initiative on 25 April 2008 at the initiative of the comedian and political activist Beppe Grillo to collect the signatures required to hold three referendums . The referendum questions concerned the abolition of public financing to publishing of the ' Order of Journalists , and the Gasparri law . [1] The initiative, organized under the slogan Free information in a free state and held in 500 squares in Italy and 'abroad, she recalled in the name of V-Day , which was organized by the same Grillo in September 2007 for the collection of signatures needed to present a draft law of popular initiative .
On 14 June 2007 Beppe Grillo launched the idea of Vaffanculo Day (Fuck-off Day), or simply V-Day, a day of public mobilization for the collection of signatures required to submit a law of popular initiative that seeks to introduce preferences in the current electoral law and to prevent the nomination as Parliamentary candidates of recipients of criminal convictions or of those who have already completed two terms in office. The meeting was held in Bologna. The choice of the name of the event, V-Day, had a threefold reference: the first to the landing operation (D-Day) of the Allies in Normandy during World War II, to symbolize how Italian citizens would "invade" bad policy; the second to the motion picture "V for Vendetta" (whose symbol is also referred to in the logo of the movement) which the movement refers to often with its principles of political renewal; the third to the interjection "Fuck you" given to bad policy.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Giuseppe Piero "Beppe" Grillo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛppe ˈgrillo]; born 21 July 1948) is an Italiancomedian, actor, blogger and political activist. He has been involved in political activity since 2009 as founder of the Five Star Movement.
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