The Invisibles

The farmheands of African origin who live in the slums of the province of Foggia, in the south-east of Italy, often victims of serious abuses and accidents caused by working conditions, have long been fighting against their own exploitation, living in inhumane conditions and in a hostile and dangerous context, where the control of organized crime is widespread, the institutions are often absent and the bureaucracy is a senseless monster. Their battles aim to solve problems as fundamental as they are urgent, such as the end of the state of slavery in favor of regular wages and working hours, the right - often denied by a blind bureaucracy - to receive valid documents from the competent institutions to the in order to get a complete job and consequently the best living conditions. It is important to dwell on the methods of protest of this part of humanity that comes from the Mediterranean, it is inspired by the great agricultural strikes of the past put in place in Southern Italy at the beginning of the 20th century by the trade unionist and politician Giuseppe Di Vittorio: non-violent in the language and actions, but strong and decisive, vigorous.