Issue 342 boasts some very powerful images, first and
foremost the view of acrobatics performed in a grim,
tumbledown Italian prison (Volterra), which relates
to an 8-page dossier on the challenge of theatre in
prison, text by Cristina Valenti and photos by Maurizio
Buscarino. And on the subject of prisons, a new collection
of essays, “Dietro le sbarre”, with the
preface - reproduced in this issue - by Simone Buratti.
There’s a fascinating consideration of the figure
of Uruguayan anarchist Rubén Prieto by Fernando
Ainsa, again with photos to accompany it, plus a theoretical
piece by Prieto himself. There are also some beautiful
photos of the “island of the anarchists”,
La Galite.
Regarding Israel’s attack on Gaza, Andrea Papi
takes a position equidistant between Israel and Hamas,
while Francesco Codello warns those on the left to be
wary of sympathising with Hamas. And in a theme that
so often emerges whenever the Israeli state commits
an aggression, Antonio Cardella looks at the anti-Semitism
that is perceived as the consequence. Coincidentally,
as Carlo Oliva returns to his beloved theme of popery,
he looks at the hypocrisy of the pope’s comments
on the anti-Semitic Bishop Williamson. “The holocaust
and chewing-gum” is the intriguing - and provocative
- title of a piece by Milena Magnani. And still on the
theme of the cassock, at the other end of the issue
is an article by Pietro Ferrua on how revolutionary
a priest is able to be.
Cosimo Scarinzi has an article on the recent framework
agreement on trade union/employer relations.
In “Fatti & Misfatti”, Alberto Meschi
is remembered by friends and comrades in Fidenza, report
by Gianandrea Ferrari. There is an interview with creative
publishers Lella and Fabio (of Troglodita Tribe S.p.A.F.
- Society for Happy Actions) by Pralina Tuttifrutti.
In this month’s libertarian review, Nadia Agustoni
reviews “Navigare di Bolina” by artist Gianna
Ciao, who died in 2008, and Alfonso Amendola looks at
the art of Costabile Guariglia; there is a presentation
of the new book by “A” contributor Andrea
Papi, “Per un nuovo umanismo anarchico”,
and the proceedings of the conference on Leda Rafanelli,
edited by Fiamma Chessa, reviewed by Massimo Ortalli
“à nous la liberté” by Felice
Accame is about the film “Stella” by Silvie
Verheyde and the book “la folla solitaria”
by David Riesman.
In “... e compagnia cantante” Alessio Lega
looks at the words and music of Felix Leclerc, while
in Musica&Idee Marco Pandin tells us about “Storie
di un impiegato”, music of Fabrizio De André
performed by Fab Ensemble.
Closing the issue is a letter on Bakunin and patriotism
by Fabio Faini, to which Massimo Ortalli replies.
by Leslie Ray |