Reading matter for the summer 2007 break, 116 pages of quality stuff!

The centre of the issue is filled with a 24-page dossier, "Anarchists against Fascism, 1919-1945 (and beyond)", with contributions by Paolo Finzi, Camillo Levi, Alfonso Failla, Furio Biagini, Gruppi Anarchici Imolesi, Federazione Anarchica Piominese, plus two essays by Errico Malatesta from 1922 and 1923 respectively and a bibliography prepared by Massimo Ortalli.

Carlo Oliva and Maria Matteo return to themes dear to their hearts, anticlericalism and the NO TAV campaign respectively. Francesca Palazzi Arduini eagerly looks forward to a split in the Catholic Church over the divorce issue, accompanied by cartoons by Patrizia "Pralina" Diamante and photographs. There is also a beautiful photo reportage by Roberto Gimmi on the recent demonstration in Novara against the F-15s. Francesco Codello too is covering familiar territory, with an article on how the state employs the mass media to spread alarm about crime, paedophilia, etc.

Oscar Greco looks at what "human rights" mean when referred to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Speaking of human rights, there is a presentation of the new book on Euthanasia, published by Elèuthera, by its author, Derek Humphry.

Marco Caponera reports on a sentence against the Italian Ministry of the Interior for the beating-up by police of paediatrician Angela Latella at the anti-G8 protests in July 2001 in Genoa, a sentence greeted with a practical media blackout. Why ever might that be?

Cosimo Scarinzi offers some considerations on an assembly of participants in new movements (ant-F16, No TAV). According to Andrea Papi, the much discussed "crisis in politics" is only a crisis for all those politicians who love their petty intrigues. Similarly, Antonio Cardella discusses the inability of contemporary parliamentary politics to deal with today's pressing problems.

In “à nous la liberté”, Felice Accame discusses - among other things - "La sinistra in guerra" by Gaspare and Roberto De Caro and "L'età dell'informazione", by Robert Darnton.

Massimo Ortalli highlights the inauguration in Reggio Emilia of a memorial stone to Camillo Berneri, and in "Ritratti in Piedi" he looks at the work of Stefani Tassinari.

The Self-management and Self-production Fair was held in Modena, in late April; Benna of the Spazio Sociale Libera, who hosted the event, reports.

In Musica&Idee, Marco Pandin reports on Alessandro Monti's "Unfolk" music, and there is also a discography of the Stella Nera label.. In "... e compagnia cantante", Alessio Lega pays homage to that giant of African music, Fela Kuti. In the poetry corner there are two poems by Mauro Macario.

In the libertarian review, "Gli autonomi. Le storie, le lotte, le teorie" edited by Sergio Bianchi and Lanfranco Caminiti, is reviewed by Gianfranco Marelli.

This jam-packed edition winds up with an interview by Gianni Sartori with Baykar Sivazliyan, expert on the "Armenian issue" in Turkey, followed by letters from Lorenzo Santi, to which Felice Accame replies, and from Nadia Agustoni, Gian Paolo Verdecchia, Marco Riccomini, Adriano Paolella and Maurizio Pagani.

by Leslie Ray