"The Purple People" are Leftist Discontents who despise Belusconi, and want him out, and have no other mission. 
They are similar to the US  Ultra Right Wing "Tea Baggers, whose only objective is to smear and weaken Obama, but are more disingenuous by declaring they are merely defending the Constitution, and are Against Big Government, 

What part of Big Government do they want to dismiss, The MILITARY, the POLICE,the FIREFIGHTERS, the SCHOOLS, and COLLEGES, 
SOCIAL SECURITY, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, MEDICARE, the FDA (to insure pure food), ....The ONLY  thing sure is they oppose REGULATION, which is the ONLY thing that attempts to PROTECT the Consumer/Public vs the GREEDY  CORPORATE and WALL STREET Interests.

An Amusing Side Light . In 1953 Sheb Wooley wrote a #1 novelty song called the "Purple People Eater" That the audience wrongly believed was about a Purple Monster that ate People, BUT, in Actuality, it was about a Monster that ate Purple People. 
Purple People Beware of the Monster. LOL 

Think of a world of politics without spin doctors, teleprompters, stage-managed conferences, party headquarters, manifestos, cynicism or even leaders. 
One does exist. It is the world of the Purple People. They are not some strange, colour-corrected version of the Na'vi, found in Avatar. They are human beings, they mostly live in Italy and they are angry - angry with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. 
They are called the Purple People because they have adopted the colour purple as a way of identifying themselves. Why purple?   "Because no other political party uses it," says Ginevra Tosoni, an unemployed graphic designer who has found her way to this extraordinary new political movement by way of the internet. 
Informal movement 
The Purple People organisation was founded somewhere on Facebook. There are rumours about who started it a few months ago, but no-one is quite sure. " Italy's official opposition is weak and divided and is not doing its job" Ginevra Tosoni Purple People activist 
It really does not have a leader. It coalesces around ideas and a few hard-working fixers and is egalitarian, but not socialist. 
It is a political movement outside of the political system. Its only physical manifestations are the people who support it and a caravan, or to be precise, a tiny mobile home. Where it is parked is central to what this is all about. For two months it has been stationed in the heart of Rome's political district. 
It is a kind of mission control without a mission statement. But it does have a message: Mr Berlusconi, we want you and your government out. Not a very lofty premise for a political movement, you might think. But it is one that has gained traction in the minds of tens, if not hundreds of thousands, of Italians. 
Electronic messages 
They appear to be a genuine cross-section of Italian society that has come to the conclusion that Mr Berlusconi is bad for Italy's health. Inside the mobile home, party machinery amounts to a single laptop. From it and a host of cell phones, e-mails, tweets and texts are sent on their electronic way. This newly-minted opposition summons its foot soldiers to rally after rally, protest after protest, through technology. 
And all respond by turning up festooned in something purple. Be it scarves, bags, coats, shoes or sweaters, the colour purple is the must-have season accessory for the politically disaffected. "Italy's official opposition is weak and divided and is not doing its job," Ms Tosoni tells me. "So we have to do it for them". 
The "job" in question is landing a blow on Mr Berlusconi, who has been at the centre of a spate of scandals, rows and controversies. 
From an alleged dalliance with a former escort and an under-explained relationship with an 18-year-old model, to a messy (and probably expensive) divorce from his wife and battles with the judiciary (who he has likened to the Taliban), all have been paraded before an open-jawed, incredulous, public. 
Yet Mr Berlusconi's poll ratings hover at levels other leaders would salivate over. Millions upon millions of Italians continue to give him their confidence. ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/8565265.stm
 
 

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