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| occupation = Farmer. Co-founder and Coordinator of the ''[[Libertarian Movement (Italy)| Movimento Libertario]]''. Secretary of [http://www.futuragra.it Futuragra]. President of [http://agricoltorifederati.it/ Italian Federated Farmers]. | | occupation = Farmer. Co-founder and Coordinator of the ''[[Libertarian Movement (Italy)| Movimento Libertario]]''. Secretary of [http://www.futuragra.it Futuragra]. President of [http://agricoltorifederati.it/ Italian Federated Farmers]. | ||
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Giorgio Fidenato (born [[Mereto di Tomba]] in [[Province of Udine]], 7 March 1961)<ref name="statute">Leonardo Facco, Giorgio Fidenato, Marcello Mazzilli [http://www.movimentolibertario.it/Documenti/Statuto_MLsett-07.pdf "Statute of the Movimento Libertario"], Treviglio, September 2007</ref> is an Italian [[libertarian]] farmer, co-founder and coordinator of the [[Libertarian Movement (Italy)| Movimento Libertario]] <ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3456 Movimento Libertario Factsheet on Giorgio Fidenato] and the question of withholding tax. Retrived on December 11, 2009.</ref> and secretary of Futuragra <ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=1&art=69868 ''Less Contributions Plus Enterprise Law''] ''L’Opinione'' by Elisa Borghi. Retrived on March 12, 2008. Interview to Giorgio Fidenato. </ref> a cultural association of [[Pordenone]] for technological innovation, business culture, defense of private property and free markets in agriculture. | Giorgio Fidenato (born [[Mereto di Tomba]] in [[Province of Udine]], 7 March 1961)<ref name="statute">Leonardo Facco, Giorgio Fidenato, Marcello Mazzilli [http://www.movimentolibertario.it/Documenti/Statuto_MLsett-07.pdf "Statute of the Movimento Libertario"], Treviglio, September 2007</ref> is an Italian [[libertarian]] farmer, co-founder and coordinator of the [[Libertarian Movement (Italy)| Movimento Libertario]] <ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3456 Movimento Libertario Factsheet on Giorgio Fidenato] and the question of withholding tax. Retrived on December 11, 2009.</ref> and secretary of Futuragra <ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=1&art=69868 ''Less Contributions Plus Enterprise Law''] ''L’Opinione'' by Elisa Borghi. Retrived on March 12, 2008. Interview to Giorgio Fidenato. </ref> a cultural association of [[Pordenone]] for technological innovation, business culture, defense of private property and free markets in agriculture. | ||
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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]].<ref>[http://www.futuragra.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=1 ''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.</ref> | 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]].<ref>[http://www.futuragra.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=1 ''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.</ref> | ||
On 19 January 2010 the ruling of the Italian Council of State forces a rethink of policies in the agricultural field<ref>[http://www.agi.it/research-e-sviluppo/notizie/201001291534-eco-rt10198-ogm_confagricoltura_si_sblocca_l_impasse_che_da_anni_condiziona ''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.</ref>. | |||
The Fidenato-GMO ruling has been described in Italian newspapers including ''Corriere della Sera'' <ref>[http://www.corriere.it/cronache/10_gennaio_30/sarcina-mais-ogm_a4d9a26e-0d6e-11df-829b-00144f02aabe.shtml ''Start of the first field of genetically modified corn''] ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' by Giuseppe Sarcina. Retrived on January 30, 2010</ref>, ''[[Avvenire]]'' <ref>[http://www.salmone.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/avvenire.pdf ''GMO, after the sentence is still clash''] ''[[Avvenire]]'', page 11 by Enrico Negrotti. Retrived on February 3, 2010. Archived from [http://www.salmone.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/avvenire.pdf www.salmone.org]</ref>, and radio broadcasts of national importance like ''Radio Radicale''.<ref>[http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/296641?format=32 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.</ref> | The Fidenato-GMO ruling has been described in Italian newspapers including ''Corriere della Sera'' <ref>[http://www.corriere.it/cronache/10_gennaio_30/sarcina-mais-ogm_a4d9a26e-0d6e-11df-829b-00144f02aabe.shtml ''Start of the first field of genetically modified corn''] ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' by Giuseppe Sarcina. Retrived on January 30, 2010</ref>, ''[[Avvenire]]'' <ref>[http://www.salmone.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/avvenire.pdf ''GMO, after the sentence is still clash''] ''[[Avvenire]]'', page 11 by Enrico Negrotti. Retrived on February 3, 2010. Archived from [http://www.salmone.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/avvenire.pdf www.salmone.org]</ref>, and radio broadcasts of national importance like ''Radio Radicale''.<ref>[http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/296641?format=32 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.</ref> | ||
The first cultivation of GMO maize in Italy will be sown in mid-April 2010 in [[Vivaro]] (a town in Province of Pordenone) in Friuli<ref>[http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/dettaglio/il-primo-mais-transgenico-italiano-seminato-in-friuli-venezia-giulia/1844656 ''The first transgenic corn sown in Italian Friuli Venezia Giulia''] ''Il Piccolo'' by Martina Milia. Retrived on January 30, 2010</ref>, when the ruling of the Italian Council of State comes into effect <ref>[http://www.asca.it/news-OGM__FUTURAGRA__INIZIATO_CONTO_ALLA_ROVESCIA_PER_LA_SEMINA-891116-ORA-.html ''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.</ref>. | The first cultivation of GMO maize in Italy will be sown in mid-April 2010 in [[Vivaro]] (a town in Province of Pordenone) in Friuli<ref>[http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/dettaglio/il-primo-mais-transgenico-italiano-seminato-in-friuli-venezia-giulia/1844656 ''The first transgenic corn sown in Italian Friuli Venezia Giulia''] ''Il Piccolo'' by Martina Milia. Retrived on January 30, 2010</ref>, when the ruling of the Italian Council of State comes into effect <ref>[http://www.asca.it/news-OGM__FUTURAGRA__INIZIATO_CONTO_ALLA_ROVESCIA_PER_LA_SEMINA-891116-ORA-.html ''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.</ref>. | ||
<ref name="journal">[http://homepage.mac.com/rcortonesi/Sites/ENCLAVE11.pdf ''Eulogy for Fidenato''] ''I fogli di Enclave'' n°11, page 1, Retrived on February 2010. Archived from [http://web.mac.com/rcortonesi/Sito/Home.html http://web.mac.com/rcortonesi/Sito/Home.html] Editorial article about Giorgio Fidenato and his libertarian battles.</ref> | |||
==The role in the Movimento Libertario== | ==The role in the Movimento Libertario== | ||
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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.<ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/non_lavoro_gratis_stato_siamo_come_servi_gleba/03-06-2009/articolo-id=355877"''I do not work for free for the State We're like the serfs''"], ''[[Il Giornale]]''. Retrived on June 3, 2009.</ref> | "''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.<ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/non_lavoro_gratis_stato_siamo_come_servi_gleba/03-06-2009/articolo-id=355877"''I do not work for free for the State We're like the serfs''"], ''[[Il Giornale]]''. Retrived on June 3, 2009.</ref> | ||
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 <ref>[http://rassegnastampa.mef.gov.it/mefeconomica/View.aspx?ID=2009111914255653-1 ''Entrepreneurs like a 770, No Thanks''] ''Italia Oggi'' page 23. Retrived on November 19, 2009. Archived from Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance site</ref><ref>[http://www.noisefromamerika.org/index.php/articles/Giorgio_Fidenato_vs._l%E2%80%99INPS#body''Giorgio Fidenato vs. the INPS''] by Lodovico Pizzati. Retrived on November 24, 2009.</ref> against the withholding tax with a mix of [[civil disobedience]] and [[Tax resistance]].<ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/il_disobbediente_fiscale_denuncia_lagenzia_entrate_per_evasione/28-11-2009/articolo-id=402443-page=0-comments=1 ''Disobedient Tax Complaint the Inland Revenue for Evasion''], ''[[Il Giornale]]'' by Felice Manti. Retrived on November 28, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/messaggeroveneto/2009/10/01/PN_03_PNC1.html ''Anti-tax revolt, Fidenato has set a trend''] ''Messaggero Veneto'', by Stefano Bolzot, page 3. Retrived on October 1, 2009. Archived from [http://ricerca.repubblica.it http://www.repubblica.it]</ref> | 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 <ref>[http://rassegnastampa.mef.gov.it/mefeconomica/View.aspx?ID=2009111914255653-1 ''Entrepreneurs like a 770, No Thanks''] ''Italia Oggi'' page 23. Retrived on November 19, 2009. Archived from Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance site</ref><ref>[http://www.noisefromamerika.org/index.php/articles/Giorgio_Fidenato_vs._l%E2%80%99INPS#body''Giorgio Fidenato vs. the INPS''] by Lodovico Pizzati. Retrived on November 24, 2009.</ref> against the withholding tax with a mix of [[civil disobedience]] and [[Tax resistance]].<ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/il_disobbediente_fiscale_denuncia_lagenzia_entrate_per_evasione/28-11-2009/articolo-id=402443-page=0-comments=1 ''Disobedient Tax Complaint the Inland Revenue for Evasion''], ''[[Il Giornale]]'' by Felice Manti. Retrived on November 28, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/messaggeroveneto/2009/10/01/PN_03_PNC1.html ''Anti-tax revolt, Fidenato has set a trend''] ''Messaggero Veneto'', by Stefano Bolzot, page 3. Retrived on October 1, 2009. Archived from [http://ricerca.repubblica.it http://www.repubblica.it]</ref><ref name="journal" /> | ||
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''.<ref>On the Kellems case, see Vivien Kellems, ''Toil, Taxes and Trouble'' (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952)</ref> | 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''.<ref>On the Kellems case, see Vivien Kellems, ''Toil, Taxes and Trouble'' (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952)</ref> | ||