Issue 348 is the second with an increased number of pages. Two subjects on the cover: one highlighting the 12-page selection of works by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the other a fake cigarette packet (the “security pack”) with the health warning: “draft bill 733 damages you and those around you”. This is a reference to articles, accompanied by an extensive photo reportage, by Maria Matteo, by Simone Bisacca and by Gaia Raimondi on the government’s new security package which involves the detention of “illegals” in CIEs, Centres of Identification and Expulsion.
Andrea Papi writes on Berlusconi, and the mystery of why he is so popular; Carlo Oliva also discusses the dear president and his associations with D’Annunzio, Nietzsche and ... James Bond!
Cosimo Scarinzi, National Secretary of the CUB Scuola, the Unitarian Rank and File Confederation for Schools, writes on the current demoralising situation in schools and their unions.
Antonio Cardella takes on the thorny issue of Afghanistan, Obama and Karzai. Marco Gastoni writes a thoughtful piece on anarchists and participatory economics.
Two great friends of “A” are remembered in this issue: Luigi Veronelli by sports journalist Gianni Mura, and Fabrizio De André by Teresa Sarti
In musica&idee, Marco Pandin looks at the music of Jerrinez. In ...e compagnia cantante Alessio Lega chats to Marco Rovelli. And still with music, Stefano Casi presents the songs of Fausto Rossi, and Alessandro Scuro looks back on a historic concert 40 years ago at the Olympia by Paco Ibañez.
In this month’s fatti&misfatti Luigi Balsamini reports on the 14th International Conference of FICEDL (International Federation of Libertarian Archives and Study Centres) held in Pisa.
The rassegna libertaria conducts a libertarian review of the performance of Tania Lorandi by Patrizia “Pralina” Diamante; Nadia Agustoni reviews “Rumeni” by Anna Lamberti-Bocconi and Alfonso Amendola reports on a festival devoted to William Burroughs in Salerno, while BFS Edizioni presents its newly published book on the life of Carlo Cafiero, “Compendio del capitale”. Also in this issue, the introduction to another book published by BFS: Alessandro Volpi’s “Una crisi, tante crisi” on the market and the financial crisis.
A fun take on sex education and religion by Dada Knorr, with drawings by Patrizia “Pralina” Diamante. More drawings, this time cartoons, in an article by Luca Pessina on “Future Boy Conan”
In this issue Felice Accame’s à nous la liberté is a peripatetic consideration of male and female gender roles structured around “L’ora delle ragazze alfa” by Valeria Palumbo.
37 anni fa looks at issue 17 of December 1972-January 1973, which included the calendar of Anarchik. More history considered in this issue, as Massimo Ortalli presents a letter written to anarchist magazine “Umanita’ Nova” in January 1947, an open letter to the Prefetto, the Provincial Governor of Reggio Calabria, protesting at his banning of an anarchist conference so as not to disrupt “public order”.
Letters this month from Corrado Olivotto, on voting, to which Andrea Papi replies, and another by Daniele Ferro, recommending the book “About Anarchism” by Nicolas Walter.

by Leslie Ray