The cover of A273, with the view of Genoa, is devoted to the debate in view of the anti-G8 mobilisation. The dossier on it contains an article by Maria Matteo entitled "G8 in Genoa: black powder among the carrugi" [carrugi is the local name for the alleys of Genoa], the call from numerous anarchist co-ordinating groups and federations to attend the national demonstration on June 9 in Genoa, a second anti-G8 statement by Forum per la Pace, Rete Lilliput and many others, the Amnesty International report on the violations of civil rights by the authorities during the demonstration on March 17 in Naples, as well as a brief presentation of artist Douglas Fishbone, an activist against the multinationals, by Maria Mesch. The dossier concludes with an interview by Gianni Sartori with Gino Barsella, editor-in-chief of Nigrizia magazine.

Guido Lagomarsino again discusses the book publishing industry: this time he deals with the Children's Book Fair recently held in Bologna, where access was prohibited ... to children.
In "Writing in Barcelona" Andrea Dilemmi interviews the editors of the Barcelona's local multicultural campaigning newspaper Masala.
The exhibition "Utopia and comic strips: the clouds of anarchy" is presented by Fabio Santin, and by Marco Riccomini, its organiser for inclusion in the Comic Strip Exhibition in Prato.

"At the roots of fear", by Francesco Codello, deals with the relationship between the culture of banality and social phobias.

"Identity in the North-east" reports the speeches by Piero Brunello and Maria Turchetto for the recent conference in Venice that analysed one of the Northern League's key concepts.

The Mapuche people are the focus of the article by Massimo A. Rossi, "Patagonia, the Forgotten Mapuche".

An interview with Rino De Michele and Fabio Santin presents the art magazine ApArte and its initiatives.

This time, in "Music and Ideas" Marco Pandin does not review disks, but two books: Musiche e sciamani and La musica minimalista.

There are of course the usual columns: by Carlo Oliva, this time entitled "Market Problems", concerning Celentano, organ donations and their commerce; and by Carlo E.Menga, entitled "Good Friday".

Finally letters, with one by Luigi del Prete that recalls the five young anarchists, Gianni Aricò, Angelo Casile, Franco Scordo, Luigi Lo Celso and Annalise Borth, who died in 1970 in a mysterious accident while they were on their way to Rome with their car loaded with documents proving that the train derailment in Gioia Tauro that same year was caused by a bomb planted by neofascists, conspiring with the 'ndrangheta, and two letters by Felice Accame, again on Leda Rafanelli.