Mark your calendar—V2 Day is Friday, April 25, 2008, and it promises to be even larger than the original V Day.

For the uninitiated, last September, comedian-cum-grass roots political activist Beppe Grillo organized a political rally that was suprisingly successful, drawing over 300,000 people in public squares throughout Italy demanding legislative and political reform, increased scrutiny of a corrupt political class, and greater accountability at all levels of government.

The theme of V2 Day is: "Libera Informazione in Libero Stato" and signatures will be collected for three referenda: 1) Abolizione dell'ordine dei giornalisti; 2) Abolizione del finanziamento pubblico all'editoria; and 3) Abolizione della legge gasparri.

Not by accident the political manifestazione (demonstration) is scheduled on a national Italian public holiday, La Festa della Liberazione, celebrated yearly on April 25 to mark the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of Italy by Allied troops.