Reading matter for the summer 2007 break,
116 pages of quality stuff!
The centre of the issue is filled with a 24-page dossier,
"Anarchists against Fascism, 1919-1945 (and beyond)",
with contributions by Paolo Finzi, Camillo Levi, Alfonso
Failla, Furio Biagini, Gruppi Anarchici Imolesi, Federazione
Anarchica Piominese, plus two essays by Errico Malatesta
from 1922 and 1923 respectively and a bibliography prepared
by Massimo Ortalli.
Carlo Oliva and Maria Matteo return to themes dear to
their hearts, anticlericalism and the NO TAV campaign
respectively. Francesca Palazzi Arduini eagerly looks
forward to a split in the Catholic Church over the divorce
issue, accompanied by cartoons by Patrizia "Pralina"
Diamante and photographs. There is also a beautiful
photo reportage by Roberto Gimmi on the recent demonstration
in Novara against the F-15s. Francesco Codello too is
covering familiar territory, with an article on how
the state employs the mass media to spread alarm about
crime, paedophilia, etc.
Oscar Greco looks at what "human rights" mean
when referred to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Speaking
of human rights, there is a presentation of the new
book on Euthanasia, published by Elèuthera, by
its author, Derek Humphry.
Marco Caponera reports on a sentence against the Italian
Ministry of the Interior for the beating-up by police
of paediatrician Angela Latella at the anti-G8 protests
in July 2001 in Genoa, a sentence greeted with a practical
media blackout. Why ever might that be?
Cosimo Scarinzi offers some considerations on an assembly
of participants in new movements (ant-F16, No TAV).
According to Andrea Papi, the much discussed "crisis
in politics" is only a crisis for all those politicians
who love their petty intrigues. Similarly, Antonio Cardella
discusses the inability of contemporary parliamentary
politics to deal with today's pressing problems.
In “à nous la liberté”, Felice
Accame discusses - among other things - "La sinistra
in guerra" by Gaspare and Roberto De Caro and "L'età
dell'informazione", by Robert Darnton.
Massimo Ortalli highlights the inauguration in Reggio
Emilia of a memorial stone to Camillo Berneri, and in
"Ritratti in Piedi" he looks at the work of
Stefani Tassinari.
The Self-management and Self-production Fair was held
in Modena, in late April; Benna of the Spazio Sociale
Libera, who hosted the event, reports.
In Musica&Idee, Marco Pandin reports on Alessandro
Monti's "Unfolk" music, and there is also
a discography of the Stella Nera label.. In "...
e compagnia cantante", Alessio Lega pays homage
to that giant of African music, Fela Kuti. In the poetry
corner there are two poems by Mauro Macario.
In the libertarian review, "Gli autonomi. Le storie,
le lotte, le teorie" edited by Sergio Bianchi and
Lanfranco Caminiti, is reviewed by Gianfranco Marelli.
This jam-packed edition winds up with an interview by
Gianni Sartori with Baykar Sivazliyan, expert on the
"Armenian issue" in Turkey, followed by letters
from Lorenzo Santi, to which Felice Accame replies,
and from Nadia Agustoni, Gian Paolo Verdecchia, Marco
Riccomini, Adriano Paolella and Maurizio Pagani.
by Leslie Ray |