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Caparezza backs southern Italy protesters and says repression is not enough
Italian rapper Caparezza voiced support for protests across southern Italy, including in Puglia.
He expressed solidarity with truck drivers, workers, fishers, farmers and students, and said their concerns deserve attention.
He said coverage focused on vandalism can obscure the protesters’ conditions, and called for answers beyond repression.
The protests come amid tensions in the South, where truck drivers in Puglia were among the first to strike and fuel was reportedly scarce.
Caparezza said art can spread ideas and create awareness, while politics can divide people into opposing camps.
He made the comments as he received a second Targa Tenco award for best album, for *Orbit Orbit*.
He urged young people to learn about the reasons behind protests and said he was surprised to win the award again.
Italian rapper Caparezza expressed solidarity with workers and others involved in protests across southern Italy.
He said media attention on vandalism could obscure protesters’ working conditions and called for answers beyond repression.
He said truck drivers, workers, fishers, farmers and students should be heard.
Caparezza said art can spread ideas and build awareness, while politics divides people into opposing camps.
He made the comments in an interview published as he was due to receive the Targa Tenco for best album for Orbit Orbit.
- Who
- Caparezza, an Italian rapper, spoke about the protests.
- What
- He expressed solidarity with protesters and said the response should not be only repression.
- When
- The interview was published on October 22, 2026. He said protests had been discussed for a week.
- Where
- The protests are taking place across southern Italy; he cited Puglia.
- Why
- He said attention to vandalism could overshadow workers’ conditions and the reasons for the protests.
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Caparezza said coverage had focused mainly on vandalism while protests were taking place.
Caparezza was due to receive the Targa Tenco for best album for Orbit Orbit.
- Artist
- Caparezza
- Award-winning album
- Orbit Orbit
- Award
- Targa Tenco for best album
- Protest groups named
- Workers, truck drivers, fishers, farmers and students
- Location cited
- Puglia
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What people are saying
The response cannot be only repression.
Let’s have the truck drivers speak; let’s not focus only on the clashes.
Politics polarizes, art spreads ideas.
I can only express solidarity with workers, truck drivers, fishers, farmers and students.