Important themes in this month’s
issue. The cover draws attention to an 18-page dossier
on the “new racism” implicit in the Italian
government’s new “security” package.
It is presented by Maria Matteo, and has contributions
by Simone Bisacca, TAZ, Robertino, the Federazione Anarchica
Torinese and R.B.
Also on the theme of immigration and marginalisation,
an article by Fabrizio Dentini.
With the European elections drawing near, Andrea Papi
reaffirms why anarchists don’t vote.
Antonio Cardella comments on President Obama’s
first 100 days by highlighting the failure of the globalised
free market. And Francesca Palazzi Arduini notes that
in Italian both god (dio) and money (denaro) start with
the same letter. Also on the power of the catholic church,
the “Alfonso Failla” anarchist group on
Eluana Englaro's right do die, challenged by Berlusconi
in concert with the church.
Bruna Bianchi writes on the great US anarcho-feminist
Emma Goldman.
Carlo Oliva finds unexpected elements in common between
politician of the left Walter Veltroni and Wodehouse’s
Bertie Wooster.
The editors of “A” treat us to a nostalgic
look at issue 12 from May 1972.
Fabio Iacopucci is remembered by Pietro Masiello and
Paolo Finzi.
In “Fatti & Misfatti”, Matilde Finzi
Bassani, who recently passed away, is remembered by
Angelo Pagliaro. There is a space devoted to a new CD
of folk songs by Paola Sabbatini and Roberto Bartoli.
Still with music, and Musica&Idee, with reviews
by Marco Pandin of CDs by Giorgio Cordini and Reno Brandoni,
by Alberto Cantone and by ResistenceInDub.
In ... e compagnia cantante Alessio Lega looks at the
work of Gilles Vigneault.
An abundance of books reviewed this month: the following
books are presented in the libertarian review: “Sentinelle
perdute” by Maurizio Antonioli, “Né
dio né genoma” by Jean-Jacques Kupiec and
Pierre Sonigo, and “Quando Mussolini non era Fascista”,
by Paolo Cortese, the latter reviewed by Massimo Ortalli.
These are followed by the presentation by Luciano Lanza
of Adriano Sofri’s book “La notte che Pinelli”,
about the secrets and lies surrounding the defenestration
of Giuseppe Pinelli.
Linking in with the theme of migration, Federico Battistuta
presents the recent publication in Italian of J.M. Coetzee’s
“Diary of a Bad Year”.
Finally, returning to the theme of the tragedies in
the Middle East considered by Maria Matteo and Francesco
Codello in recent issues, in this one a contribution
by Claudio Strambi succinctly entitled “against
apartheid and genocide”.
The issue closes with a letter by Luca Tadini.
by Leslie Ray |