Unlike Portugal, there is no indication from the Italian authorities that ensuring access to basic care and support for migrant workers has crossed their minds.
Care, not the market, is the central organizing axis of community life. The inability of states and governments to discern the structural dimension of care causes great concern.
Two slogans circulating within these groups best summarise grassroots activism: Solidarity Not Charity and Collective Care Is Our Best Weapon Against COVID-19.