Your readers may be interested to know that the Italian section of WRI, Movimento Nonviolento, organized the Perugia-Assisi Peace March on 25 September, along with Tavola della Pace. It was a big success with over 200,000 participants, according to the media, including several TV/radio stations which covered the march live from 7.30am to 6pm.
The event was preceded by a two-day youth meeting at Bastia (between Perugia and Assisi) with some 4,000 participants. I was there as one of the few “1961 young people”, having helped Aldo Capitini to organise the first march (see PN, 6 October 1961), to meet the young people of today. The march, some 15 miles long, reached the beautiful “Rocca d’Assisi” about 2.30pm, but there were people still arriving after 5pm, while many personalities were addressing the masses of people gathered, including Mao Valpiana, president of the Nonviolent Movement.
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