A-Infos (en) Italy, UCADI, #206 - A Glimmer of Wisdom (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In a surge of dignity and repentance, the Italian people voted, refusing 
to amend their Constitution. The attempted tampering concerned the 
balance of power. The distribution of votes across the country shows the 
presence of deep discontent in the northern regions of the country, a 
sign that economic and social hardship is accompanied by disillusionment 
with the proposed solutions. ---- Not that things are going splendidly 
in the rest of the country, but at least there is a willingness to react 
and less weariness: the analysis is complex, and we intend to develop it 
in future issues. However, the danger has been averted, for now. It is 
certainly significant that more than 14.5 million voters wanted to do 
so, unexpectedly choosing to vote. For one evening, but not for much 
longer, we can celebrate: we need it, while war and the economic crisis 
unfold around us.
Perhaps the country has managed to block the other two "great, 
disastrous constitutional reforms": differentiated autonomy and the 
proposed prime ministerial mandate, even if the governing parties are 
suffering from a "repetition compulsion." It is therefore not out of the 
question that they will attempt a coup. However, time is a factor, as 
only a year separates us from the general elections, but the potential 
for damage and an attack on civil liberties remains very high, 
especially now that the right is reeling from its defeat.
And here comes the problem. One wonders: will this "reformist" "left" be 
capable of offering the country an alternative? Of course, if it wanted 
to, the vote offers some indication.
Turnout demonstrates that when the objective is clear, the danger is 
great, and everyone's interests are affected, and the Constitution is a 
common good achieved also with our blood, people mobilize. But the real 
problems are war, the lack of wage growth, the deterioration of welfare, 
the healthcare crisis, schools, housing policy, the environment, and 
productive development problems that must all be treated equally, along 
with the protection of individual and collective freedoms, trade union 
rights, social solidarity, women's rights, and the many aspects of 
individual and collective life.
The so-called reformist parties need to kick the so-called "reformist 
and moderate wings" out of their ranks, because the alliance must be 
made with voters and is not an arithmetic sum of the most "sensitive" 
people, expressed through cliques, power and pressure groups, and 
pseudo-party apparatuses. It must be the fruit of a clear and realistic 
program that offers the country a future.
For this reason, peace must be prioritized, because war not only kills, 
but also squanders resources that could otherwise be used for more 
useful purposes. This choice requires a profound revision of foreign 
policy that puts an end to the waste of lives and resources everywhere, 
starting with Europe.
Domestically, we must immediately address the economy and remove the 
barriers to energy supplies resulting from support for the war in 
Ukraine. This will stop draining the incomes of European peoples to 
support the nationalism of an oligarchic regime fighting against its own 
self, a regime that is on a par with the aggressor and far from 
supporting civil liberties. We must stop supporting the genocide of the 
Palestinian people and support the export of democracy and civil 
liberties with bombs and weapons.
Regarding Italy, it must be remembered that the country's productive 
capacity is in free fall, and without resources, the many other problems 
we have highlighted will be difficult to address and resolve. Of course, 
there is a gigantic distribution of available resources and income, but 
if we don't abandon rearmament, it will be impossible to raise the 
resources and invest in better wages, healthcare, education, the right 
to housing, and consequently develop civil liberties through political 
participation, jointly address security issues, practice solidarity, and 
regulate emigration and immigration fairly and humanely.
As you can see, nothing revolutionary, but a modest reformist project 
that creates the conditions for a better, more supportive society, which 
is the necessary premise, the precondition for a social revolution, a 
radical shift in class relations, to build a more just and supportive 
society.

https://www.ucadi.org/2026/03/28/un-barlume-di-saggezza/
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