In his intelligent and lively internveno Petrella explained the stages that led us now having to fight for the reconquest of basic public goods such as water, which could fall into the hands of unscrupulous corporations.
The dismantling of the welfare state we're seeing now for almost two decades rests ultimately in the voracity of capitalism that has raised his head and said he was ready to riprendendersi social achievements obtained by the struggles of our fathers. After putting their hands on important areas of our society such as education and health, has focused on water, a well in the future that promises to become increasingly rare and valuable, and then pay from his point of view. To justify his ascension to the capital plays with the meaning of the words: water is a public good? but of course! However, no lines! Water is a right? Surely, however, has a cost. Not everyone can afford it? Facciamogliela pay a little 'less, but always has a cost. All this makes his
usufructuaries mere consumer. In the capitalist-consumerist society everything has a cost, there is no law. The logic of personal gain has long prevailed over that of collective wealth. Infrastruttute essentials such as aqueducts, pipes, etc.. want to pass them off as costs, but in reality are our common wealth. This twisted logic, as pointed out by Petrella, also seems to have opened a wide gap in the PD during the last Prodi government pushed for Lanzillotta with Bersani and reliance on the private managers of any local public service.
But as Petrella said, is it possible that a citizen should feel angry because the public through taxation is handled and the provision of water service to the contrary is more than well-armed that the wagons are built with public money ? The tax has a basic function, to redistribute income, if it is reduced to a minimum will mean that increasing inequality.
Unfortunately, we live in such a state of conditioning that difficult to filter important news to the public: for example, I think few know that Italy is the owner of most of the water because you know that Chile is the Chilean Constitution includes the 'water between the assets can be privatized. 92% of Chilean water (lakes, rivers, etc..) Is private, and 82% of this is controlled by Endesa, which is in turn owned by Enel, of which the Italian state owns 33% of the shares.
Faced with questions from the European Parliament, the European Commission has not hesitated to declare that considers water as a mere commodity, slightly different from the others but still an economic good. This
well under current Italian law must give at least 7% of profit, this percentage reflects the average earnings of individuals in all other sectors.
Petrella has concluded his speech by declaring that the battle on the water a public good is only the first step to regaining what was taken away from society in terms of collective wealth. We need to regain health, education and public finance. It 's amazing to think that with all banks operating in our country at this time of economic crisis, almost none of them provides the service for which were born: the credit. E 'essential nationalize financial institutions to address the crisis.
The water challenge will be the testing ground where politics and forge a cultural response to the commodification of all that exists from the continued capital. The extraordinary participation seen so far in front of the banquet to collect signatures is an indication of how the Italian population still possideda antibodies to react. But we must spend our forces to support the referendum battle, from the collection of signatures to the decisive moment of the pronouncement itself. All of us engage, therefore, to keep attention focused on this important issue! Good work!
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