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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Source: A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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