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