May 9th: Remembering an Anti-Mafia Hero

Pino and I will head to the meeting tonight (May 9th) in Assisi in memory of courageous young Sicilian Peppino Impastato, eliminated by the Mafia on May 9th, 1978 for his outspoken criticisms of Mafia crime via the Radio Aut he started (his brilliant broadcasts were often full of irony and cutting humor) in his small hometown of Cinisi, not far from Palermo.
The meeting, called “Parole/Immagini/Suoni per non dimenticare Peppino Impastato. Una vita contro la mafia” (“Words/Images/Sounds so as not to forget ….) is aimed at honoring Peppino while reminding us all that his fight goes on…
Read about our meeting with the family of Peppino Impastato
Read about justice for Peppino Impastato… finalmente