The cover of issue 340 is an image of the school and
university student protests which are taking place in
many of Italy’s cities against the “Gelmini
Law”, which, among other things, intends to privatise
universities into non-existence; inside is a text and
photographic report on this subject by Paolo Poce. There
is also an article by Cosimo Scarinzi, who points out
that even moderates are mobilising on this issue.
Other articles flagged up on the front page are: “Anarchy
in a time of plague” by Maria Matteo, on how these
are hard times for anarchists; Andrea Staid reports
on workers’ challenges to poor employment practices
of multinational Ikea in Brescia. There are articles
by Francesca P. Arduini and Patrizia Diamante on contraception
and the catholic church. There are also two articles
analysing the Venezuela of Hugo Chavez, by Stefano Boni
and the editors of “El Libertario” magazine.
As for the regular contributors, Andrea Papi discusses
the current economic crisis, pointing out that capitalism
cannot change its ways. In “à nous la liberté”,
Felice Accame discusses “Né leggere né
scrivere”, a book from 1971 on illiteracy by Gualtiero
Harrison and Matilde Callari Galli. In the libertarian
review, reviews of “Divieto D’Infanzia”
by Chiara Gazzola and of “Mi rivolto dunque siamo”,
Albert Camus’ political writings edited by Vittorio
Giacopini, presented by the editor himself.
There is a piece by historian Franco Schirone on the
detention of anarchists and other “subversives”
on Italy’s islands in the 19th century and under
the Fascist regime, which Silvio Berlusconi said were
like holiday camps. Not surprisingly, the truth was
somewhat different.
On Sunday 26 October in Milan an event was held to commemorate
what would have been Giuseppe Pinelli’s 80th birthday.
This issue also refers to a previous issue of “A”,
from 37 years ago, which, among other things, also devoted
considerable space to the murder of Pinelli and the
Strage di Stato.
Massimo Ortalli’s “Ritratti in piedi”
has a number of pieces on the Spanish Civil War, with
texts by Orwell, Enzensberger and Alessandro Bertante.
Several letters this month, from Giorgio Barberis, Fabrizio
Eva, Patrizia Diamante on behalf of the Circolo Anarchico
Fiorentino, Gianluca Pitari, Fabrizio Dentini and Correspondence
Committee of the Italian Anarchist Federation (FAI).
There is a poem by Gabriella Gianfelici dedicated to
the recently deceased Marina Padovese.
by Leslie Ray |