Snapshot
by the organizer

First Rally
National TV Viewers' Strike 2008

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While no reply has come yet from the City Council regarding the request for a patronage for the next edition of the Strike, the National TV Viewers' Union turns to Minister for Communications Paolo Gentiloni, by bringing him a Christmas present and a card saying: “Help us get back the time we’ve been wasting in front of the TV, and allow everybody to have a television-free day”.

Launched 11 years ago as a social experiment with the aim of restoring the cultural and unifying value of time and place taken away from real life by television, the national protest goes against the blunting dulling and isolation caused by TV and its abuse, against the widespread mentality that accepts its power without opposing any response, and against no TV broadcast or personality in particular. It is not a protest against TV programming and program quality, nor a political one, even if it will probably add to the numerous disputes regarding the Italian television.