Photo: Alex Zanotelli and me

During the Notte Bianca (White Night) in Naples I was not censored.
Water was censored.
Its campaigners.
Its spokesperson Father Alex Zanotelli, a small man who when I look at him makes me believe in the existence of Jesus, and who has lived for 15 years in a rubbish tip in Nairobi to help the derelict.

The organisers had strongly advised Alex Zanotelli not to make a speech, explaining that he would have had the opportunity to do so later on, in another place.

I told Alex not to worry, as I would speak about the privatisation of water.
But I couldn’t do this as the show was interrupted half way through for public order reasons, because there were so many people in Piazza Dante that the exits from the Metro were blocked.

Next time I go there, if they don’t give me Piazza del Plebiscito I won’t make an appearance. For Alex and for me, water is not a commercial product, but a right for all. In those places where it has been privatised, its price has always gone up.

Now I’m inviting Bassolino to write to this blog, if he’d like to, to explain the position of the Regione Campania in relation to the privatisation of water.