In this issue we have a discussion piece by the Cuban Libertarian Movement on the VI declaration of the Zapatistas from the Selva Lacandona.
Carlo Oliva says that, when it comes to the church, the left is on its knees as much as the right.
Antonio Cardella offers some considerations on the (ultimately unsatisfactory) results of the German elections. Andrea Papi shifts the spotlight back to Italy, and reflects on the unsatisfactory nature of “representative” politics and the Italian party system.
A powerful piece by Edouardo Puglielli looks at the forms of slavery still in existence in the world today.
In “Musica & Idee”, Marco Pandin spotlights the music of Luca Bassanese and that of Barbini and Manini from Monza. In “... e compagnia cantante”, Alessio Lega looks at the work of Pugliese singer and guitarist Matteo Salvatore.
In a piece entitled “Hard struggle at the fast food joint”, Sébastien Dubost and Gilles Lucas interview two members of the “solidarity collectives” supporting striking fast-food workers in France.
This month's book considered by Felice Accame is “L'emozione e la regola” by Domenico De Masi, while the libertarian review highlights our own Francesco Codello's “Vaso, creta o fiori” on libertarian education, and “Operai, carne da macello” by Michele Michelino and Daniela Trollio, the latter reviewed by Ivan Bettini.
There is a piece in words and images by Raul Pantaleo reporting on his visit to Sudan with Emergency.
Elèuthera publishes a book by Ippolita, “Open non è free”, about the digital community; in this issue, the preface.
Unusually, a poetry page, with poems by Paolo Lazzini and Mauro Macario.
And Massimo Ortalli's “Ritratti in piedi” is back with a look at the work of Giancarlo Fusco.
In this issue's letters, ‘the man of the moon’ (sic) shouts out with indignation and anger at the state of things in Italy, not from the moon, but the Ciociaria. Antonio Cardella and Ludovico Fenech each respond to Guido Barroero's piece on anarchism in the last issue.

by Leslie Ray