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Despite the precautions to avoid violence, anyway Fidenato and Italian Federated Farmers were insulted and threatened in their seat by a group of environmentalists and anti-globalization protesters.<ref>[http://www.agi.it/trieste/notizie/201004302035-cro-rts1025-ogm_fvg_oppositori_irrompono_in_sede_agricoltori_federati ''GM: FVG, opponents bursts within Federated Farmers''] ''Agi News'' Retrived on April 30, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/mais_ogm_scoppia_guerra_seme/01-05-2010/articolo-id=442040-page=0-comments=1 ''GM maize, war breaks out of the seed''] ''Il Giornale'', by Fausto Biloslavo. Retrived on May 1, 2010.</ref>
Despite the precautions to avoid violence, anyway Fidenato and Italian Federated Farmers were insulted and threatened in their seat by a group of environmentalists and anti-globalization protesters.<ref>[http://www.agi.it/trieste/notizie/201004302035-cro-rts1025-ogm_fvg_oppositori_irrompono_in_sede_agricoltori_federati ''GM: FVG, opponents bursts within Federated Farmers''] ''Agi News'' Retrived on April 30, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/mais_ogm_scoppia_guerra_seme/01-05-2010/articolo-id=442040-page=0-comments=1 ''GM maize, war breaks out of the seed''] ''Il Giornale'', by Fausto Biloslavo. Retrived on May 1, 2010.</ref>
Following the incidents, [[Elisabetta Zamparutti]] [[Radicals Italians]] Member of Italian Parliament in Environment Committee turned his solidarity with the Movimento Libertario, Federated Farmers and Giorgio Fidenato, claiming their action of nonviolent civil disobedience, arguing the need to open Italy to the cultivation of GMOs.<ref>[http://www.radicali.it/view.php?id=156553 ''GM, Zamparutti: The act of civil disobedience on GM research and helps agriculture''] Retrived on April 30, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5076:marcia-del-mais-sostegno-della-deputata-radicale-zamparutti&catid=1:latest-news ''March of the corn: Radical support by Zamparutti MIP!''] Retrived on May 1, 2010.</ref>


==The role in the Movimento Libertario==
==The role in the Movimento Libertario==

Revision as of 19:04, 1 May 2010

Giorgio Fidenato
File:Giorgio Fidenato.jpg
Personal Details
Occupation: Farmer. Co-founder and Coordinator of the Movimento Libertario. Secretary of Futuragra. President of Italian Federated Farmers.

Giorgio Fidenato (born Mereto di Tomba in Province of Udine, 7 March 1961)[1] is an Italian libertarian farmer, co-founder and coordinator of the Movimento Libertario [2] and secretary of Futuragra [3] a cultural association of Pordenone for technological innovation, business culture, defense of private property and free markets in agriculture.

He is also president of Italian Federated Farmers[4].

The right to sow GM maize

In the second half of 2006, Giorgio Fidenato decided to sow transgenic seeds on his land.

Since cultivating transgenic products is possible by virtue of European legislation but was not yet implemented in Italy, to produce genetically modified crops like corn requires the authorization of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.

To this question in early 2007, the Italian Ministry of Agriculture said no, because there is no plan for coexistence between GMO and non-GMO crops for the region (Friuli).

Fidenato with Silvano Dalla Libera and their association Futuragra supported by the Movimento Libertario[5], immediately went to the Regional Administrative Court, but the appeal was rejected in a preliminary ruling by the lack of citation of the subject most closely concerned in the proceedings in question, namely the region Friuli Venezia Giulia.

In 2008, the appeal to the Italian Council of State on 19 January 2010 ruled in favor of Fidenato.

According to the Italian Council of State, the fact that the region of Friuli had not prepared the plan for coexistence can not obstruct the right of Fidenato to sow his land with GMO, because GMO crops are allowed within the European market.[6]

Furthermore, the plan deals with the coexistence of the socioeconomic aspects (e.g. distance of the crops the adjoining land) and not issues related to environment and health.

With this ruling, then, the Italian Council of State gave notice to the Italian Ministry of Agriculture within 90 days to give permission to Fidenato to sow his land with GMO.[7]

On 19 January 2010 the ruling of the Italian Council of State forces a rethink of policies in the agricultural field[8].

The Fidenato-GMO ruling has been described in Italian newspapers including Corriere della Sera [9], Avvenire [10], and radio broadcasts of national importance like Radio Radicale.[11]

In March 2010, the Italian minister of agriculture Zaia before to resign the ministery role to run in to the Italian regional election had signed a decree denying the cultivation of GM maize.

On 29 April, Fidenato, Movimento Libertario and Futuragra they state in a public conference[12] that the ministerial decree does not incorporate any of the directions of Council of State and are keen to act through the courts.[13]

Despite strong oppositions of environmentalists and no-global movements, partially of Italian government[14][15] and some opposition political forces[16] the first cultivation of GMO maize in Italy has been sown before of 30 April 2010 (date initially estabilished) in Vivaro (a town in Province of Pordenone) in Friuli[17][18][19][20][21][22], when the ruling of the Italian Council of State comes into effect.[23][24][25]

The date of sown was anticipated on simbolic Italian date of April 25 2010 (Liberation Day)[26][27][28], for avoid the direct protests of environmentalists and no-global group during the sowing.[29]

Despite the precautions to avoid violence, anyway Fidenato and Italian Federated Farmers were insulted and threatened in their seat by a group of environmentalists and anti-globalization protesters.[30][31]

Following the incidents, Elisabetta Zamparutti Radicals Italians Member of Italian Parliament in Environment Committee turned his solidarity with the Movimento Libertario, Federated Farmers and Giorgio Fidenato, claiming their action of nonviolent civil disobedience, arguing the need to open Italy to the cultivation of GMOs.[32][33]

The role in the Movimento Libertario

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Giorgio Fidenato with Leonardo Facco and Marcello Mazzilli have founded officially the Movimento Libertario[1] as an Italian libertarian anarcho-capitalist political subject in September 2007, in order to defend life, liberty and property of each individual within a strong liberist system of free market, against any kind of aggression and/or coercion [1].

Actually he is a coordinator of the Association.

Against the withholding tax

In January 2009, Fidenato began paying his six employees the entire gross sum of their wage without paying taxes and contributions on their behalf.[34][35][36]

The taxes, if the workers want to pay them, will have to paid by the worker directly.[37]

Fidenato believe that the Italian Constitution in the articles 23[38] prevents anyone from being forced to work for free for the State, and to paying the taxes on behalf of others is a burden:

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"We believe that to not work for free for the state is a "natural" right, that no sovereign and no absolute majority in parliament can deny us" said Fidenato.[39]

Denouncing himself, at the Tax Office of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and to the National Institute of Social Security (INPS), Fidenato began a legal battle [40][41] against the withholding tax with a mix of civil disobedience and Tax resistance.[42][43][24]

His case is very similar to the American case of Vivien Kellems of 1948, that she has described herself in her book Toil, Taxes and Trouble.[44]

The Kellems case is presented also by Murray Newton Rothbard in his book For a New Liberty[45]:

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The Fidenato case has been reported in Italian newspapers[46] including Corriere della Sera [47], Il Giornale and radio broadcasts of national importance including Radio24 [48] and Radio Radicale.[49]

Supported by the Movimento Libertario, he has received support by the Italian Radicals[50][51] of Marco Pannella and others association in the battle over the withholding tax.[52][53]

Fidenato, as representative of the Movimento Libertario, was invited to discuss his case at the national conference of the Italian Radicals in Chianciano Terme (in Province of Siena) in November 2009.[54]

A first interim hearing on withholding tax was held in Pordenone in November 2009.[55]

On 28 January 2010, the second and decisive hearing was held in the Labor Court of Pordenone.[56]

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On 6 March 2010, Giorgio Fidenato was invited together the Movimento Libertario to discuss about withholding tax at the presentation in Rome of Confcontribuenti (Confederation of Italian taxpayers).[57][58][59]

In this context, he received supports from Confcontribuenti members for the day of the verdict of the court.[60][61]

On 1 April 2010[62], the Movimento Libertario organized in Pordenone a peaceful sit-in with others associations and organizations that supports Giorgio Fidenato's battle.

Leonardo Facco (Managing Director of the Movimento Libertario) have organized a rally and distributed free copies of the book Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, pending output of Fidenato from the halls of the court with details of the judgment.[63]

The judgment pronounced by the court defined as "irrilevant" the issue of unconstitutionality over the withholding tax presented by Giorgio Fidenato.[64]

Officially the judge did not to decided yet about the legal basis of withholding tax, the reason of the judgment will be pronounced on February 3, 2011.

For the moment the judge declined to exercise an effective assessment on the appeal by Fidenato[65]; actually he do not to recognize to Fidenato the right to appeal to the Italian Constitutional Court to defend the issue of unconstitutionality of the withholding tax (a right recognized by the Constitution and Italian law).

The intentions of Giorgio Fidenato with his lawyer is to continue the legal battle in the future with the tax resistence and the civil disobedience until the judiciary and the government authorities will do not to recognize the individual rights enshrined in the Italian Constitution.

The Movimento Libertario in waiting of the judgement on Giorgio Fidenato, wants to promote other similars cases like the Giorgio Fidenato case for continue the legal battle against the withholding tax.[66]

The electoral campaign in Arba

Giorgio Fidenato is residing in the town of Arba in the Province of Pordenone.

Candidate for mayor of Arba in 2009 with its own civic list (Par il nostri pais) [67][68], and supported by the Movimento Libertario at the local elections[69], he was an opposition municipal councilor after having attained 11% (96 votes) at the municipal election[70] till on June 2009, when he resigned for personal commitments [71].

Ebook

Un agricoltore contro lo Stato (Bergamo: Leonardo Facco Editore, 2007)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leonardo Facco, Giorgio Fidenato, Marcello Mazzilli "Statute of the Movimento Libertario", Treviglio, September 2007
  2. ↑ Movimento Libertario Factsheet on Giorgio Fidenato and the question of withholding tax. Retrived on December 11, 2009.
  3. ↑ Less Contributions Plus Enterprise Law L’Opinione by Elisa Borghi. Retrived on March 12, 2008. Interview to Giorgio Fidenato.
  4. ↑ Confederation of Italian Agriculture Case: Giorgio Fidenato founds Italian Federated Farmers Messaggero Veneto page 2. Retrived on December 9, 2005.
  5. ↑ Let us also cultivate GMOs I fogli di Enclave n°3, page 3 by Luigia Possenti. Retrived on July 2008. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it
  6. ↑ Copy of ruling of the Italian Council of State on January 19, 2010 Archived from www.salmone.org.
  7. ↑ Futuragra: Judgment of the State Council says it is right that farmers to sow GMO corn, Comment to ruling by Futuragra. Retrived on January 29, 2010.
  8. ↑ Italian Confederation Agricolture, break the deadlock that for years governed GMO, AGI News. Comment to ruling by Italian Confederation Agricolture. Retrived on January 29, 2010.
  9. ↑ Start of the first field of genetically modified corn Corriere della Sera by Giuseppe Sarcina. Retrived on January 30, 2010
  10. ↑ GMO, after the sentence is still clash Avvenire, page 11 by Enrico Negrotti. Retrived on February 3, 2010. Archived from www.salmone.org
  11. ↑ GMO Futuragra announces first cultivation of Bt maize, after winning the State Council. Dalla Libera: to show to all schools on genetically modified corn will see how truly Interviews to Silvano Dalla Libera, vice president of Futuragra, Gilberto Corbellini, president of Sagra (Health, Agriculture, Research), Roberto Defez, biotechnology, researcher at the CNR in Naples (CNR), Francesco Sala, Professor of General Botany and Plant Biotechnology at the University of Milan, Gabriele Pirocchi Lawyer. Registration February 2, 2010 at the conference Futuragra in Milan. Archived on Radio Radicale broadcast.
  12. ↑ Video of public conference in Pordenone by Giorgio Fidenato and Leonardo Facco as Movimento Libertario and Italian Federated Farmers representatives, about the decision to sow GMO mais Retrived on April 29, 2010.
  13. ↑ GM, Futuragra ready appeal against decree Libero. Retrived on April 27, 2010.
  14. ↑ [http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/dettaglio/galan-apre-sugli-ogm-ma-vieta-la-semina-i-ribelli-di-vivaro:-ha-48-ore-per-convincerci/1967703 Galan open on GM but forbids the sowing The rebels of Vivaro: "He 48 hours to convince"] Il Piccolo. Retrived on April 29, 2010.
  15. ↑ GM, Galan minister asks to stop "planting protest" Reuters. Retrived on April 28, 2010.
  16. ↑ Ferrante (Pd), Maroni intervene on announced planting corn in Friuli Retrived on April 27, 2010.
  17. ↑ The first transgenic corn sown in Italian Friuli Venezia Giulia Il Piccolo by Martina Milia. Retrived on January 30, 2010
  18. ↑ First planting of GMO corn in Italy by Giorgio Fidenato and Leonardo Facco Retrived on April 26, 2010. Press release by Movimento Libertario and Italian Federated Farmers
  19. ↑ Ansa on sowing corn by Federated Farmers and Movimento Libertario Article of Ansa an italian news agency about date of first sowing of GMO seeds in Italy. Retrived on April 26, 2010. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it
  20. ↑ GMOs corn and Movimento Libertario on Il Gazzettino Il Gazzettino Retrived on April 26, 2010. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it
  21. ↑ GM on Friday the first sowing in Pordenone that challenge decree Zaia Il Velino, by Federica Rogai. Retrived on April 27, 2010.
  22. ↑ Agriculture: A Pordenone the first field of genetically modified corn Ansa news agency. Retrived on April 27, 2010. Archived from http://newsfood.com
  23. ↑ GMO Futuragra, Countdown has begun for sowing Article of Asca an italian news agency about date of first sowing of GMO seeds in Italy. Retrived on February 2, 2010.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Eulogy for Fidenato I fogli di Enclave n°11, page 1, Retrived on February 2010. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it/ Editorial article about Giorgio Fidenato and his libertarian battles.
  25. ↑ March of the corn, repartee between the minister of agricolture Galan and the Movimento Libertario Retrived on April 28, 2010.
  26. ↑ Pro-biotech farmers sow GM maize, challenge Decree Retrived on April 30, 2010.
  27. ↑ W Freedom: first sowing of genetically modified corn! Retrived on 30 April, 2010. Video of first GMO sown in Italy by Movimento Libertario and Italian Federated Farmers.
  28. ↑ Sowing of genetically modified corn in a public land Libero. Retrived on April 30, 2010.
  29. ↑ GM: first demonstration against sowing announced in the province of Pordenone Adnkronos. Retrived on April 30, 2010.
  30. ↑ GM: FVG, opponents bursts within Federated Farmers Agi News Retrived on April 30, 2010.
  31. ↑ GM maize, war breaks out of the seed Il Giornale, by Fausto Biloslavo. Retrived on May 1, 2010.
  32. ↑ GM, Zamparutti: The act of civil disobedience on GM research and helps agriculture Retrived on April 30, 2010.
  33. ↑ March of the corn: Radical support by Zamparutti MIP! Retrived on May 1, 2010.
  34. ↑ Pordenone, entrepreneur pays the gross wages Il Piccolo, page 7. Retrived on September 25, 2009. Archived from http://www.repubblica.it
  35. ↑ Fidenato continues the war on tax Messaggero veneto, page 3. Retrived on September 25, 2009.
  36. ↑ The man who does not want to work for free and pays the salaries gross payroll L'Opinione, by Stefano Magni. Retrived on November 21, 2009.
  37. ↑ Tax Revolt of an Entrepreneur: Gross Salary Paycheck, Il Giornale by Felice Manti. Retrived on June 3, 2009.
  38. ↑ Constitution of Italian Republic Archived from http://www.senato.it
  39. ↑ "I do not work for free for the State We're like the serfs", Il Giornale. Retrived on June 3, 2009.
  40. ↑ Entrepreneurs like a 770, No Thanks Italia Oggi page 23. Retrived on November 19, 2009. Archived from Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance site
  41. ↑ Giorgio Fidenato vs. the INPS by Lodovico Pizzati. Retrived on November 24, 2009.
  42. ↑ Disobedient Tax Complaint the Inland Revenue for Evasion, Il Giornale by Felice Manti. Retrived on November 28, 2009.
  43. ↑ Anti-tax revolt, Fidenato has set a trend Messaggero Veneto, by Stefano Bolzot, page 3. Retrived on October 1, 2009. Archived from http://www.repubblica.it
  44. ↑ On the Kellems case, see Vivien Kellems, Toil, Taxes and Trouble (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952)
  45. ↑ Murray Newton Rothbard, For a New Liberty. The Libertarian Manifesto., pag. 86, (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1973). Archived from http://mises.org/
  46. ↑ Against the withholding tax I Fogli di Enclave n°9 page 1-2, by Arturo Doilo. Retrived on September 2009. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it
  47. ↑ Entrepreneurs of Pordenone, Corriere della Sera by Piero Ostellino. Retrived on September 9, 2009
  48. ↑ Registration interview with Giorgio Fidenato by Oscar Giannino in radio broadcast Nine o'clock the version of Oscar on Radio24. Radio registration of June 4, 2009
  49. ↑ Radio registrations about Giorgio Fidenato on Radio Radicale broadcasts.
  50. ↑ Interview with Mario Staderini: "No Longer with the PD Unable to Fight", L'Opinione by Dimitri Buffa. Retrived on November 19, 2009. Archived from http://www.radicali.it/
  51. ↑ Fidenato process, Italian Radicals protests Messaggero Veneto, page 2. Retrived on November 19, 2009. Archived from http://www.repubblica.it/
  52. ↑ Fidenato, the battle with the Inland Revenue continues with the process and the sit-in Messaggero Veneto, by Elena Del Giudice, page 4. Retrived on November 12, 2009.
  53. ↑ The Battle of Fidenato, the arrogance of the advocate by Piercamillo Falasca. Retrived on November 16, 2009.
  54. ↑ Video on the speech of Giorgio Fidenato in Congress of Italian Radicals held in Chianciano Terme in November 2009.
  55. ↑ All with Fidenato I fogli di Enclave n°10, page 2. Retrived on September 2009. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it
  56. ↑ The court refers in January, Fidenato initiative continues on withholding tax by Piercamillo Falasca. Retrived on November 19, 2009.
  57. ↑ Presentation of ConfContribuenti Retrived on February 2, 2010.
  58. ↑ Press Release: Roma March 6, 2010. Presentation of ConfContribuenti Retrived on February 22, 2010.
  59. ↑ Rome, 6 March, 15.00 Program Program of Confcontribuenti conference. Retrived on February 17, 2010.
  60. ↑ Withholding tax Retrived on February 3, 2010.
  61. ↑ 1 April: ruling on withholding tax Retrived on Febrtuary 3, 2010.
  62. ↑ Fidenato, the process goes to the first April Messaggero Veneto, page 4. Retrived on January 29, 2010. Archived from http://www.repubblica.it
  63. ↑ Withholding-tax: Here's the event in Pordenone! by Marcello Mazzilli. Retrived on March 18, 2010.
  64. ↑ Fidenato process: not relevant and / or unfounded objections of unconstitutionality to RD 1935. The reasons hearing on February 3, 2011 Registration April 1, 2010 Interviews by Emiliano Silvestri to Giorgio Fidenato, Gustavo Elnekave and Leonardo Facco after the sentence of judge of Pordenone. Archived on Radio Radicale broadcast.
  65. ↑ Fidenato for now not there done yet but he has-reason by Carlo Lottieri. Retrived on April 1, 2010
  66. ↑ Withholding Tax, in exclusive the next step of contention by Leonardo Facco. Retrived on April 4, 2010.
  67. ↑ Protagonists! I Fogli di Enclave n°8 page 3. by Carlo Cagliani. Retrived on May 2009. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it An interview to Giorgio Fidenato during election campaign in Arba.
  68. ↑ A program based on common sense I Fogli di Enclave n°8 page 3. by Giorgio Fidenato. Retrived on May 2009. Archived from http://www.movimentolibertario.it Giorgio Fidenato political libertarian program of his civic list for Arba election.
  69. ↑ Municipal Elections in Arba. Lists and Candidates, Il Giornale del Friuli. Retrived on May 12, 2009
  70. ↑ Arba. Elvezio Toffolo Confirmed with 57% of the Votes, Messaggero di Pordenone in Messaggero Veneto by Laura Venerus, page 15. Retrived on June 9, 2009. Archived from www.provincia.pordenone.it 2009 election results in Friuli.
  71. ↑ Arba Fidenato gives way in the Council Messaggero Veneto, page 8. Retrived on June 19, 2009. Archived from http://www.repubblica.it/

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