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As often happens, the issue opens with an editorial,
in which the editors emphasize and comment on some aspects
of the life of the magazine. This time it is pointed out
that with Maria Matteo's article on the Italian government's
policy on immigration and the responses of the anti-racist
movement we are opening a debate and an in-depth analysis
of the subject - which will be developed in the coming
issues.
We also highlight the opening of a new page ("Flash")
devoted to a particularly significant photo - either recent
or from the past. This time we publish a photo from 1947,
taken in Messina (Sicily).
Carlo Oliva comments on the sentence, passed by the court
of Venice, against Sofri, Bompressi and Pietrostefani
- the three people, who 30 years ago were leaders of the
hard left organization "Lotta Continua", accused
- without any proof worthy of the name - of being the
instigators and perpetrators of the killing (in 1972)
of police commissioner Luigi Calabresi, who was implicated
in the killing at the police headquarters (in 1969) of
the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli.
The cover of this issue is devoted (it's not the first!)
to the Jubilee. Inside there are two articles on this:
the anarchist group from Rimini, "Libertad",
denounces a whole series of abuses of office by the clergy
today, while a historical report by Giorgio Sacchetti
looks back on the anticlerical demonstrations that took
place in Tuscany in the early 20th century.
Two articles (by Attilio Mangano and Massimo A. Rossi)
consider the situation of the Italian left, particularly
the Democrats of the Left Party (DS), the direct heirs
of the Communist Party.
The Research Centre for Peace in Viterbo (near Rome) reports
on the acquittal of those responsible for a non-violent
pacifist direct action, carried out during the Kosovo
war, in which hot-air balloons were launched to disrupt
the take-off of warplanes.
There is a statement by Amnesty International on Chechnya.
Dramatic and funny at the same time, that is the article
by Patrizia "Pralina" Diamante, which examines
the regulations in Italian prisons: the triumph of absurdity
and malice.
Within the sphere of the magazine's interest in alternative
movements, Dino Taddei interviews those who run the Elicriso,
an organic shop in Milan which is also a cultural association
and among the promoters of the CIR - an alternative network
of producers, consumers and various initiatives present
in Italy.
Two pages mainly of photographs, by Emergency, present
this organization's hospital in North Afghanistan, which
has recently begun operating.
Paolo Finzi discusses the Roma and highlights the closure,
after over thirty years, of a small but significant magazine
("Lacio Drom"), which has contributed to the
understanding of gypsy culture and the struggle against
racism and intolerance.
In memory of the French anarchist sociologist René
Lourau (who died in January), we republish large extracts
from his interesting account of Paris '68.
As part of the debate on anarchism, communism, liberalism,
etc., Pietro Adamo develops his personal critique of "anarchist
communism", which has already aroused lively responses
in "A" - and will presumably provoke yet more.
Then there are the usual columns by Felice Accame (television)
and Carlo Menga (advertising), as well as two pages of
communiqués. Ample space is devoted to the proposal
for the organization of an anarchist "campsite"
for the coming summer.
We close the issue, as usual, with the postbag, with a
number of letters. In particular we will mention two on
antimilitarism and a powerful polemic against an article
by Luciano Lanza - which appeared in the last issue -
in which pacifists and anarchists were criticized for
their silence over Chechnya: Andrea Dilemmi totally disagrees
and explains why.
translated by Leslie Ray
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