We originally gathered under the December 9 Coordinating Committee. We are a movement of farmers and truckers who have been calling for years for government intervention against the social hardships wrought by the recession,“ he said. „But now the situation has degenerated. The Pitchfork Movement reject all attempts to tarnish its name. Unfortunately we have been infiltrated by the subversive fringes, beginning with (the extreme-right-wing movement) Forza Nuova“.