‘Why don't Italians Occupy?’ Hypotheses on a Failed Mobilisation

摘要: Italy was the birthplace of first mobilisation targeting crisis-related austerity measures: in 2008, students protesting against governmental cuts chanted ‘We won't pay for crisis’. After that, appeared unable to play a significant role European anti-austerity mobilisation. The waves protest last three years seem much less influential, global context, than British, Spanish, Greek or Chilean events, let alone Arab Spring. Furthermore, all attempts start some occupy-style mobilisation, during Fall 2011, failed. Having participated as an activist/researcher hundreds demonstrations, assemblies and meeting, this paper I propose hypotheses future research aimed at understanding explaining failure: political with peculiar Berlusconi attracting on himself criticism regarding crisis, saving from popular blame EU 1% paving way Mario Monti's quasi-unanimous ap...