On July 11th Livorno listens again to Berlinguer: the rally in the square.

Fifty years after the historic speech that Enrico Berlinguer gave in Livorno on July 11, 1975, the city is preparing to relive one of the most significant moments in Italian political history, an event that deeply marked the democratic debate and still represents a reference for those who believe in the values of civic engagement, respect for rights, and the defense of institutions. On Friday, July 11 at 9.30 pm, in Piazza Della Repubblica, Livorno will listen again to Berlinguer’s words with “Enrico Berlinguer speaks”, thanks to the projection on a large screen of that speech that gathered thousands of people from all over Italy, at a crucial moment for the left and for the idea of a Europe capable of defending peace and democracy, thanks to the commitment of the Enrico Berlinguer Association, the Municipality of Livorno, Compagnia Portuale, Coppa Barontini, Uniport, Cinema Teatro 4 Mori, and Lorenzini & Co. The mayor Luca Salvetti, the honorable Michele Ventura, president of the Tuscan committee for the exhibition, the cultural operator Claudia Pavoletti, who will introduce the evening, and the actor Fabrizio Brandi who will give voice to Berlinguer’s texts with interpretative readings, will intervene. The initiative is a real pre-inauguration of the large exhibition “The places and words of Enrico Berlinguer”, which will be hosted in Florence, at the Nelson Mandela Forum, from Wednesday, September 3 to Sunday, October 5, in an area of 2,500 square meters, and will be enriched by materials and documents that tell the strong bond between Berlinguer and Tuscany, after being successfully admired in Rome, Bologna, Sassari, and Cagliari. The exhibition is promoted by the Enrico Berlinguer Association, committed to the conservation and enhancement of the cultural heritage of the Italian left, together with a political steering committee established for the occasion. The evening of July 11 is part of a series of initiatives that have touched different Tuscan cities such as Piombino, Siena, Viareggio, and Florence, and wants to remember a historical moment in which the left, with Berlinguer and Carrillo, launched the idea of autonomous Eurocommunism from Soviet dictates, aimed at building a socialist society in advanced capitalist countries through reforms in full respect of parliamentary democracy, themes that remain deeply relevant fifty years later.