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and went to Montecavolo, stopping by all the farmers’ homes who were milking the cows,

and telling them “remember that there’s a strike later, after you take the milk to the dairy, join in”.

“Alright, yes, we’ll be there”, they replied.

And we gathered together. The strike went well.

The farmers (in Montecavolo there were mostly farmers) and some factory workers, went on strike,

so the strike in Montecavolo was a success.

The strike was against the war, against all the things they were doing to us, against hunger too.

They were taking everything from us, we pooled wheat.

Farmers had to bring wine, grapes, everything, they were taking everything.

That’s why afterwards there were even some casualties

when we went to these stockpiles to take back all the stuff they had taken from us.

My father told me that morning of the 1st of March:

“Lidia, you’re doing the right thing because it’s important,

but you must remember that your life is going to change after this”.

I wasn’t thinking about this at 7 in the morning,

about my life being different at noon,

but my life did change, I felt more responsible… I felt like this even before,

I had been responsible in all the things I had done.

But after this it was different, responsibilities were different, and everything changed.

I was still Lidia, but let’s say I had a very positive experience