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I don't mean to distract anyone from the importance of Avatar and red soap operas, but the recent attacks on migrant laborers in the Calabria region of Italy need some examination. WSJ article today explains the movement of the immigrants to the southern areas of Italy, attempting to find work in the citrus fields, after layoffs from the more industrialized north, and that unemployment in the south is already more than twice the national average. The article stated that prosecutors were looking into reports that members of organized crime, specifically 'Ndrangheta, precipitated the violence. Of course, southern Italy has existed in a chronic state of depression compared to the north, and for years exported its population to labor in the factories around Turin, Bologna, etc. Anyway, would appreciate any additional information Italian, European, or African comrades might provide. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
