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Civil Society against
a hidden superpower
Helene Schulze
S
icily is definitely the best place re-use of land confiscated from the wine, honey, legumes and cereals
in Europe to inhale a spirit of mafia for social and environmental for direct marketing and fair prices.
creative resistance against hidden transformation - and were The movement was carried by
superpowers - like the mafia. successful. consumers and people across Europe
Sicily is where civil society like the
What no government before had
who wanted to see the land back
association Libera has achieved what done, ‘Libera Terra’ brought together in the hands of the original owners
for a century seemed impossible. small farmers, the unemployed and young people with a spirit of
Mafia victims collected over a million and newcomers to rural life, who transition to resilient production
signatures for a law promoting the started producing pasta, olive oil, methods.
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