Graffitti action in Dingli shows power of unity after forcing IM into talks
Courageous three-week direct action in Dingli comes to an end after roads agency pledges it will reduce road length by 2m and not fell any more trees
10 April 2021, 11:15am
by Matthew Vella
Moviment Graffitti has ended three weeks of constant direct action, in which the activists mounted a courageous sit-in to stop roadworks by Infrastructure Malta in an agricutural field in Dingli.
The road, schemed since the 1960s but never built, will connect two alleyways which lead to a tilled field with protected trees.
Graffitti spokesperson Andre Callus thanked activists for standing up to IM and its minister Ian Dingli. “For many of us, and for the residents of these two roads, silence is not an option, even against such a minister like Ian Borg. Fear is not an option. United, nobody can bully us: not a minister, nor the head of some government agency. Dingli has shown as much.”