The theme of the cover of issue 330 is "the criminality of power", referring to the 16-page dossier inside this issue on the "suiciding" through defenestration of anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli and the bombing of Piazza Fontana, which happened 38 years ago; there are contributions by Paolo Finzi, Luciano Lanza, Franco Fortini and lawyers Marcello Gentili, Bianca Guidetti Serra and Carlo Smuraglia.
In this month's “à nous la liberté” Felice Accame discusses artist Gerhard Richter's abstract stained-glass window for Cologne cathedral, which the archbishop Joachim Meisner doesn't like much.
This issue also includes a full translation of bulletin no. 6 of "Cuba Libertaria" by the Support Groups of Libertarians and Independent Trades Unionists of Cuba", plus a selection of photographic images.
This month's "... e compagnia cantante" focuses on French singer-songwriter Gilbert Laffaille, while in Musica&Idee Marco Pandin pays homage to traditional folk singer Caterina Bueno, who died recently, and highlights the band I Marmaja, whose latest album is available for free download. There are poems by Nadia Agustoni and Roberto Minardi.
My beloved Buenos Aires is the subject of Massimo Ortalli's "Ritratti in Piedi", which looks at a book by Laura Pariani and other works by Argentine libertarian writers.
This issue has a long article by Edoardo Puglielli on the plague of biomass incinerators in the Abruzzo region. Again on an ecological theme, reflections on adaptations to climate change, including discussion of the Inuit, part of the Environment and Community series by Adriano Paolella. There is also a discussion piece by Zelinda Carloni, with considerations on ethics and aesthetics for a new vision of the world (and of ecology).
In “Fatti & Misfatti”, the inauguration of the new headquarters for the Centro Studi Libertari Camillo Di Sciullo of Chieti and the festival of the Unione Sindacale Italiana, the historical trades union of the Italian libertarian movement, in Riotorto di Piombino, Livorno, reported by Sergio Onesti.
Carlo Oliva, Antonio Cardella, Francesco Codello and Andrea Papi all discuss the so-called "V-Day", a protest organised by activist comedian Beppe Grillo against the corruption of politicians, which in turn has been attacked by leading journalists such as Eugenio Scalfari and Ernesto Galli della Loggia.
And speaking of Vs, the libertarian review looks at "V for Vendetta", film and book, "Amore e rivoluzione" by Antoine Gimenez, reflections on being in the militia in the Spanish Civil War, and, on the same theme, "Quan plovien bombes", an exhibition of the bombing of Barcelona. On the back cover, a photo of the plaque devoted to Umberto Tommasini, 1896-1980, who also fought in Spain, "an example of love and liberty", who is remembered by Claudio Venza.
by Leslie Ray |