I hate Facebook. Nonetheless, I was on the workers coop facebook group recently and saw this.
Paola Maria Baitelli Sileno shared a Page.
https://www.facebook.com/PaolaMBaitelliSileno?fref=gs&hc_ref=ARQj8qY6MMn_6gdrcBEft91VMr2GM7D1LBkkdBi6x37ySfSb7OJd-XpNxPl9CL_Anw0&dti=17284134100&hc_location=group
20 August at 09:21
Solidarity needed to help Italian worker co-operative Ri-MAFLOW survive. Please read the whole post and do what you can to help. Share. Donate. Anything. Thanks.
SOME TIME AGO, the owners of a factory in a deprived area of South West Milan dismissed all of the workers and shut down the factory. 330 people lost their jobs in one day. The factory was abandoned.
THEN, about 6 years ago some people got together and reclaimed the factory. They started a self managed co-op. They started experimenting with reusing and recycling raw materials. They built a network with local businesses to help this deprived area flourish. Together with other groups, they founded a bloody awesome grassroots economy and social project called FuoriMercato (Outside the Market). They employed 120 people.
NOW, the local authorities have shut Ri-MAFLOW down. Their President Massimo Lettieri was arrested and charged with criminal activities linked to unlawful waste treatment. From its start, Ri-MAFLOW has been at the forefront of experimenting with reclaiming and reusing raw materials in an ecological way. Because of this, they are now accused of playing an active part in unlawful treatment of waste materials. Their assets have been seized. Everyone has lost their job and their wages. Massimo Lettieri has been in jail for a couple of months and because he is under investigation he cannot receive any letters or messages of solidarity from outside.
SO, there is some stuff in English you can download from their website and share (link below). You can donate money. You can ask your activist groups, networks, organisations, to publish a statement of solidarity with Ri-MAFLOW.
https://rimaflow.it/
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyMaflow/?__tn__=HHH-R