" Over 50,000 Restaurants In Italy Declare 'I Am Open' Defying Lockdown Measures " (Italy, in the middle of January)

(Hoops! We think Italians went crazy!)

(JAN 18, 2021 )

This weekend, over 50,000 restaurants in Italy began defying the country’s strict ‘anti-Covid’ lockdown measures in a massive act of civil disobedience according to Off-Guardian . Italian restaurant owners have been spreading their “I Am Open” message through the social media hashtag #IoApro (“I am opening”) and customers have turned the tables on the government: 

BOLOGNA, ITALY: Customers escort police out of the #IoApro restaurant under the cries of "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" pic.twitter.com/XDxLctTGYR

— Robin Monotti (@robinmonotti) January 16, 2021

ITALY: #IoApro restaurant is open, police arrives. Customers refuse to leave & shout in unison "Get out! Get out! Get out! ..we pay your wages from our taxes, you work for us.. Get out! Get out! Get out!" #IOpen pic.twitter.com/Wqa0DYz4ls

— Robin Monotti (@robinmonotti) January 16, 2021