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Ça va bien aller – Everything will be ok

Erica Lagalisse

Local news attributes the contagious rainbows in residential windows to an Italian woman, pictured holding a child:  Gabriella Cucinelli, who works in early childhood education, thought bringing the #andratuttobene movement from Italy into Quebec would make people feel better.  It worked, and even became a game.  Other mothers took their children out to find rainbows around the neighbourhood when confinement measures prevented other activities. #çavabienaller #everythingwillbeok

D’après les chaînes d’information locales, c’est une maman d’origine italienne, montrée entourant un enfant du bras, qui serait à la source de ces arcs-en-ciel remarqués de plus en plus aux fenêtres des maisons. Gabriella Cucinelli, éducatrice à la petite enfance, aurait eu l’idée de lancer le mouvement #andratuttobene au Québec pour aider les gens à se sentir mieux. Et ça a marché! C’est même devenu un jeu: les mesures de confinement empêchant d’autres activités, mamans et enfants partaient faire le tour du quartier à la recherche des arcs-en-ciel.

#çavabienaller #everythingwillbeok

Capitalists have always extracted profit from unwaged gendered caring labour. 

Les capitalistes ont toujours su tirer profit d’une main-d’œuvre genrée et non salariée pour assurer les services de soins.

#çavabienaller

Government has always relied on autonomous mutual aid among its subjects.

Le gouvernement a toujours compté sur l’entraide autonome pratiquée par la population.

#everythingwillbeok

“The police in quarantine and everything will be ok.” 

“La police en quarantaine et ça va bien aller.”

#çavabienaller

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Erica Lagalisse

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Erica Lagalisse is an anthropologist and writer, as well as editor for Solidarity and Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic at The Sociological Review. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the London School of Economics and author of Occult Features of Anarchism – With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples (PM Press, 2019). Twitter: @ELagalisse www.lagalisse.net