They must do something to support the many experiences of resistance, from protecting the land to defending rights. They must find a singular gesture from afar to give visibility to their indignation. What should be done?
They decide to rally Italian citizens abroad and set sail on the "ship of rights" from Barcelona to Genoa.
They hope to set out in a thousand, and 150 years after Garibaldi's enterprise, to arrive in Italy with a new landing in the opposite direction.
The call is being answered from many European cities, and initiatives are intersecting across the internet: people of all ages and backgrounds are joining, including student groups, artists, migrants, intellectuals, ordinary citizens, and even well-known figures like Dario Fo and José Saramago.
They want to leave in a thousand, and 150 years after Garibaldi's departure, they will arrive in Genoa with a new landing in the opposite direction.
The city mobilizes to welcome and organizes "squares of rights".
The ship, coming from Tangier, left Barcelona on the night of June 25, 2010.
The journey, shared with North African citizens, intertwines testimonies, encounters, and music, along with the voices that bring their presence from the internet. To remember denied rights, to nourish ideas and dreams.
A Ship of Rights but also a Noah's Ark on which to embark cultural and human experiences in danger of extinction, a Ship of Fools driven by utopia.
A pirate challenge to the resignation that surrounds us.