AFP England - Asinara: workers takeover prison in plant closure protest

I'M JOBLESS:
THE ONLY "REAL" REALITY, UNFORTUNATELY.

The 24th of february a group of Vinyls's and Eurocoop workers (Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy), on redundancy from 4 months, disembarked on Asinara island (north Sardinia, mediterranean sea) occupying the abandoned prison where mafia's bosses have been for years, as a demonstration against the Berlusconi's government. I'm Jobless is a "real" reality, unfortunately, where no one is famous but everyone is jobless. Hidden away on an island which is the symbol of what a once Great Sardinia which is now in the throes of a deep crisis, we are dwelling in cells which are no worse than the prison bars that the national government, the regional one and ENI presented us with.
There are no yachts, Villa Certosa or showgirls on this island, just the crude reality of unaccountable politics and a state-controlled company -- ENI -- pursuing its business goals as they trample on hundreds of families. Not least, a group of brave workers fighting for their rights.

AFP: For more than a month now, employees of the chemical company Ineos Vinyls have been camped out on a tiny island off the northwestern tip of Sardinia, in what was once one of Italy's most infamous prisons. The sit-in is aimed at drawing attention to, and sympathy for, their cause -- the imminent closure of their factory.
(1 aprile 2010)

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