Today is May 9 and on the night of this day 32 years ago, was killed by the Mafia in Cinisi Peppino Impastato.
One of the many people who gave their lives to fight the Mafia, like Falcone and Borsellino, Judges.
came from a Mafia family, from which he departed immediately began the fight and doing political activism within the left, left in Sicily.
founded a radio with which he denounced the crimes and Home of the Mafia and Cinisi Terrasini and decided to stand for election in 1978.
"Friends, politics, the struggle of the party had candidates in the elections .. ..
said they would be closely monitored, but then had no time because it was killed .." (Modena City Ramblers - I Cento Passi)
Her murder went virtually unnoticed because that same day was found the body of Aldo Moro, the most well known of our Peppino Impastato.
was thanks to his brother and mother, who publicly dissociated themselves from the mafia family, who came out Mafia array of his murder, while the press, judiciary and police spoke of a terrorist attack in which the bomber himself (he) was the victim of suicide and later to a letter found later, but written long before.
Her story, complete, can be found, as always, on Wikipedia and read it calmly, but here you can listen to the song soundtrack for the film dedicated to him, "The Hundred Steps" written by Modena City Ramblers
Remember, today and forever and our hundred yards of her!
