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ADDIOPIZZO

Addiopizzo is an association based in Palermo and its name means "farewell pizzo". Pizzo stands for the "protection money" collected by mafias from businesses under various excuses – in the end it's nothing but extortion. In 2004, a group of 7 young Palermitans managed to start a collective movement which consisted in business activities (shops, bars, hotels...) who simply refused to pay the pizzo requested by Cosa Nostra (Sicilian mafia) families. Today the organization has over 900 affiliates. Among them there are also the companies of the children of Libero Grassi, an Sicilian enterpreneur who tried to oppose alone to pizzo in the early '90s and paid for it with his life as Cosa Nostra shot him dead in 1991.

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Palermo.
Addiopizzo's office. The space used to belong a mafioso, who used it as a deposit for smuggled goods. The space was quite in ...
A map on the wall of Addiopizzo's office represents three kind of borders. The blue lines are for comunal administral distric...
Laura Nocilla (on the right) is one of the first 7 persons who started the whole movement.
Addiopizzo's premises. The space used to belong a mafioso, who used it as a deposit for smuggled goods. The space was quite i...
A billboard designed by Addiopizzo which they use at schools when they visit them in order to talk to children about "culture...
At Addiopizzo's office. From left: Francesco Bello, Giusy Galluzzo, Giuseppe Pecoraro, Alessandra Perrone, Maurizio Guzzardo,...
Davide Grassi's father is Libero Grassi, a Palermitan entrepreneur murdered by mafia in 1991, as he refused to pay pizzo. The...
Davide Grassi's father is Libero Grassi, a Palermitan entrepreneur murdered by mafia in 1991, as he refused to pay pizzo. The...
Davide Grassi's father is Libero Grassi, a Palermitan entrepreneur murdered by mafia in 1991, as he refused to pay pizzo. The...
Pina Maisano, widow of Libero Grassi, who was killed by mafia in 1991, because he refused to pay "pizzo". Ms Maisano died in ...
Grassi Tessuti e Arredo is business owned by Alice Grassi; she sells fabrics for interiors and is also an interior designer. ...
Salvatore Ugo Forello (everybody calls him only Ugo) is one of the 7 persons who started the whole initiative in 2004. In 200...
Salvatore Ugo Forello (everybody calls him only Ugo) is one of the 7 persons who started the whole initiative in 2004. In 200...
Salvatore Ugo Forello (everybody calls him only Ugo) is one of the 7 persons who started the whole initiative in 2004. In 200...
Torreata Residence Hotel was built in 2000 by Rocco Ranieri, who is also it's current director. Mr. Ranieri is nephew of Luig...
Torreata Residence Hotel was built in 2000 by Rocco Ranieri, who is also it's current director. Mr. Ranieri is nephew of Luig...
Etic has opened its business in a building which was confiscated from mafia. The sign on their shop door which informs about ...
Etic has opened its business in a building which was confiscated from mafia. The sign on their shop door which informs about ...
Etic has opened its business in a building which was confiscated from mafia. The sign on their shop door which informs about ...
"La coppola storta" sells, as the name indicates, traditional Sicilian coppola caps. Also they found "Addiopizzo"'s first ini...
"La coppola storta" sells, as the name indicates, traditional Sicilian coppola caps. Also they found "Addiopizzo"'s first ini...
Pizzofree Emporio is not only a store that refuses to pay pizzo, it also sells products of producers who have registered with...
Pizzofree Emporio is not only a store that refuses to pay pizzo, it also sells products of producers who have registered with...
Hardware store "Ferramenta e colori Sofia"; the current owner Antonino Sofia represents the third generation in running the s...
Hardware store "Ferramenta e colori Sofia"; the current owner Antonino Sofia represents the third generation in running the s...
Coreographic Center L'Espace offers contemporary dance classes and other dance-related activities. The owner Giovanni Zappull...
Coreographic Center L'Espace offers contemporary dance classes and other dance-related activities. The owner Giovanni Zappull...
Francesco Bertolino is one of the persons who founded Addiopizzo together with the 7 original activists. He also used to be t...
Francesco Bertolino is one of the persons who founded Addiopizzo together with the 7 original activists. He also used to be t...
Marco was one of the first persons to adhere to Addiopizzo initiative with Lulù Pub, which he runs with a parther. Since July...
Marco was one of the first persons to adhere to Addiopizzo initiative with Lulù Pub, which he runs with a parther. Since July...
Marco was one of the first persons to adhere to Addiopizzo initiative with Lulù Pub, which he runs with a parther. Since July...
Giovanni Pulvirenti is an interior designer and design teacher. Also he was one of the first ones to adhere; he remembers tha...
Giovanni Pulvirenti is an interior designer and design teacher. Also he was one of the first ones to adhere; he remembers tha...
"Libreria del mare" is a bookstore specialized in sea-related literature, owned by Maurizio Albanese. There used to be a comi...
"Libreria del mare" is a bookstore specialized in sea-related literature, owned by Maurizio Albanese. There used to be a comi...
Comic book store "Teknodrome". The owner Marco Beninati was among the first ones to adhere to the movement as some of the Add...
Comic book store "Teknodrome". The owner Marco Beninati was among the first ones to adhere to the movement as some of the Add...
Malintenti Dischi is a small record label run by Sergio Settimo Serradifalco.
Malintenti Dischi is a small record label run by Sergio Settimo Serradifalco.
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