Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainlandapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13cross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkThousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainlandapnews.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
minus-squareUltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-21 month agoWhy? Trying to keep Sicily poor? *More reading Protesters staunchly oppose the Strait of Messina Bridge project over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental impact and the specter of mafia interference.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoApparently the bridge thing is something the Italian right keeps calling for despite every expert worth their salt agreeing it’s a terrible idea.
minus-squareblackbearjesus27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHey the US isn’t so different after all.
minus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoMafia interference? In Italy? I thought they defeated them and corruption as well?
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoSicily is kinda it’s own thing, and basically where most of the Italian Mafia is from.
minus-squareSparrowHawk@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIs that sarcasm? I hope its sarcasm. It’s all mafia
minus-squareburntbacon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLol, don’t look too closely at ‘olive’ oil exports.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoWhen I saw this story last week, I had the same thought process. Like, why wouldn’t they? It’s such a short gap and could be huge for normal people. Then I read why.
Why? Trying to keep Sicily poor?
*More reading
Protesters staunchly oppose the Strait of Messina Bridge project over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental impact and the specter of mafia interference.
Apparently the bridge thing is something the Italian right keeps calling for despite every expert worth their salt agreeing it’s a terrible idea.
Hey the US isn’t so different after all.
Mafia interference? In Italy? I thought they defeated them and corruption as well?
Sicily is kinda it’s own thing, and basically where most of the Italian Mafia is from.
Is that sarcasm? I hope its sarcasm. It’s all mafia
Lol, don’t look too closely at ‘olive’ oil exports.
When I saw this story last week, I had the same thought process. Like, why wouldn’t they? It’s such a short gap and could be huge for normal people.
Then I read why.