The cover of this magazine issue is dedicated to the double DVD + booklet “A forza di essere vento. Lo sterminio nazista degli zingari” (The wind a long time blowing. The Nazi extermination of the gypsies). Also the “Ai lettori” (editorial) section deals with this topic in the article “Porrajmos” (Romany name for Gypsy holocaust) and the two opening pieces “Fabrizio, gli Zingari, Auschwitz-Birkenau” (Fabrizio, the gypsies, Auschwitz-Birkenau) written by the editors of “A” and “Assimilazione? No grazie” (Assimilation? No thank you) by Gloria Arbib.

Recently published by “A” magazine, “A forza di essere vento” reopens a chapter of history, which has been ignored by official historiography on the Nazi attempt to eliminate the gypsy population, who are still victims of prejudice and racial hatred.

Maria Matteo writes about the conditions of illegal immigrants, starting from the death of two African youths in Turin, who drowned attempting to escape police checks.

Carlo Oliva proposes a reflection on the similarities of monotheistic religions, particularly on the tendency to satisfy the ideological needs of power.

Andrea Papi intervenes on the debate started by the newspaper “La Repubblica” on the meaning of socialism today, through which he underlines its historical contradictions and substantial failure.

Francesco Codello explores the “Maria Incident”, where a little girl from Belarus was “kidnapped” in Italy by her foster parents, which brings to the surface the rights of children to decide the course of their own lives.

Cosimo Scarinzi gives an account of a debate between university students studying philosophy on temporary work and collective struggle actions.

The “Telecom Case”, phone interceptions, ties with deviant services: not even such a scandalous event causes sufficient indignation among Italians. Antonio Cardella writes about this issue.

“Il dominio e l'arte della resistenza” (The domination and art of resistance) by James C. Scott is among the latest Eleuthera articles: this issue of the magazine anticipates some pages of these editions.

The section “Rassegna Libertaria” (Libertarian Report) features three contributions: “La voce del silenzio” (The voice of silence) by Monica Cerutti Giorgi, “La fine della globalizzazione” (The end of globalisation) by Alfredo Breccia and “Capitan Tempesta o l'eroismo ante litteram” (Captain Hurricane, or anti-literary heroism) by Nadia Agustoni.

In the article “L'anarchia e le sue immagini” (Anarchy and its images) Mayk Dubois illustrates the symbols of anarchism and traces its origins and meanings.

Alessio Lega dedicates the musical section “…e compagnia cantante” to the French-Italian Nino Ferrer.

An account of the Parma “Hackmeeting” of the 1 st to 3 rd September opens the section “fatti & misfatti” (Deeds and Misdeeds). There follows an interview by Gianni Sartori of Caroline Prat, Medicines Sans Frontieres spokeswoman, and an account, also by Sartori, on the mobilisation of the whole of the North-West of France against the construction of the new “Notre-Dame-des-Landes” airport near Nantes.

In the section “Racconti” Marco Griffi presents his short story “Lionello” (Lionel).

Luigi Balsamini, in the article “A Pisa, dal 1979” (In Pisa, since 1979) writes about the history and projects of the “Franco Serantini” Library.

The section “Ritratti in piedi” (Standing Portraits) is dedicated to a novel by G. K. Chesterton about anarchism. The section is written by Massimo Ortalli, who critically analyses the novel and also presents a selection of extracts from the novel.

Another novel, “A nous la liberté”, is at the centre of the section by Felice Accame, which reflects on nightmarish telephone conversations in literary fantasy and in every day life.

by Cati Schintu (text) and Marco Miotto (translation)