As previously announced, the inauguration of the renaming of Via Giuseppe Pinelli, formerly Via Micene, took place in Milan on March 19th. This proposal, put forward by the "A Street for Giuseppe Pinelli Committee," received over 5,000 signatures and was approved by the City Council. The street is located at the intersection of Via Preneste, among the public housing projects in the San Siro neighborhood, where Pino lived with his family. The ceremony was announced with the participation of Mayor Giuseppe Sala, with an invitation extended to Claudia and Sivia Pinelli and the Organizing Committee. Within the Committee and the anarchist group that annually organizes the initiative in memory of Pino on December 14th at the Spazio Micene, a debate arose over whether or not to participate, given the ongoing conflict with the current administration over its privatization policies, particularly in the neighborhood itself. It was decided to participate with a shared intervention-for which I was entrusted-focusing solely on the specific topic of the state massacre and the killing of Pinelli, a intervention intended as an indictment of the entire institutional spectrum. It should be noted that, even before the signature collection, a plaque bearing the title "Via Giuseppe Pinelli" had been placed beneath the official one on Via Micene. Furthermore, communications about initiatives held in the Spazio Micene always referred to Via Pinelli. The evening before the inauguration, graffiti claiming the right to housing had appeared on the façade where the new plaque was installed. These graffiti were covered up by municipal maintenance on the morning of the ceremony. It should be noted that in the days leading up to the event, AMSA, the waste collection service, had been intensively involved in cleaning up the streets and spaces throughout the entire area, contrary to the usual practice in the neighborhood, which is left to decay with filth and the accumulation of garbage and waste. The Micene comrades patrolled the area to ensure that graffiti such as "No war is ours" was not covered by the paintwork on the facades. San Siro Città Pubblica had posted a poster demanding, in addition to the plaque for Pinelli, the right to housing.
On the inauguration day, a large banner was displayed in the street, half an hour before the start, reading "Pino Pinelli murdered, the massacre is state-sponsored. Still without justice. San Siro does not forget." Although the ceremony was scheduled for 3:00 PM, a time when many are at work, there was a large attendance of spectators and comrades, and many journalists were present. After the Mayor's speech, he remembered Giuseppe Pinelli as the eighteenth victim of the Piazza Fontana massacre, who died for his ideals, also recalling the tree in his memory already placed in Piazza Segesta in the same neighborhood. My speech followed, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, highlighting the entire story of the State Massacre, in which Pino was the designated victim: an indictment of the institutions' responsibilities, which was applauded several times. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Claudia and Silvia Pinelli spoke, recalling the places of their childhood, the last day their father left home, and his integrity as an anarchist, partisan, and railway worker engaged in social struggles. They thanked the city and the Municipality for the recognition bestowed. After the speeches, three trumpet masters from La Scala played the notes of "Addio Lugano Bella." Significantly, after the ceremony, many of those present remained in the street for a long time, discussing and commenting on the event. I take this opportunity to announce the decision of Spazio Micene to independently organize a large celebration on the same street to celebrate the achievement of naming the street in memory of Giuseppe Pinelli. The celebration, to which everyone is invited, will take place on April 19th.
Enrico Moroni
https://umanitanova.org/inaugurata-via-giuseppe-pinelli-milano-il-comitato-vince-la-battaglia-pino-torna-nel-suo-quartiere/
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