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The 2012 Sicilian protests, also code-named by its organizers as ''Operation Sicilian Vespers'' (in Italian ''Operazione Vespri siciliani''), has been a 5 days long blockade of roads and seaports that have brought Sicily and its economy to a standstill in January 2012. Similar protests affecting wider areas of Italy have broken out in December 2013.〔(BBC News )〕 The code name of the blockade refers to the Sicilian Vespers, the thirteenth century successful rebellion against the rule of the Angevins. == Organizers == Shock Force (in Italian ''Comitato Forza d'Urto'') is a Sicilian political grouping which organized the Operation Sicilian Vespers, the 5 days long blockade of roads and seaports that have brought Sicily and its economy to a standstill in January 2012. Under the ''Shock Force'' umbrella are represented other organisations, like the Pitchforks Movement (in Italian ''Movimento dei Forconi''), an informal grouping of farmers, shepherds and breeders, or the Sicilian Trucking Association (in Italian ''Associazione Imprese Autotrasportatori Siciliani'', AIAS), an association representing truck drivers and small logistics business interests. The founder of the Pitchforks movement was Martino Morsello, a 57 y.o. former Socialist councilor of Marsala. Since the first day of the blockade, these have been joined and have gained widespread support from workers and small businesses in other sectors like the fishing industry, the building industry and also from the Sicilian students. The Pitchforks Movement self-declares itself as “non-political” and “against party politics”. Unusually, the protest has been joined by members of both far-right and far-left political organisations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 Sicilian protests」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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