Monthly Archives: June 2012

[en] Sins of Maddalena

Posted on 2012/06/26 by Struggles in Italy

Sometime words aren’t enough, that’s why we translated this short documentary. We regard it as a good glance into the Notav struggle. It shows who they are, where they live, the aims and reasons of their opposition. It was shot by Manolo Luppichini, … Continue reading →

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[en] 10×100: sign the call

Posted on 2012/06/24 by Struggles in Italy

GENOVA IS NOT OVER TEN, NO ONE AND THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND A CALL TO CIVIL SOCIETY – SIGN THE PETITION The way public order was managed during the G8 days of July 2001 in Genoa remains an open wound in … Continue reading →

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[en] Shock economy in post-earthquake Emilia

Posted on 2012/06/05 by Struggles in Italy

After the two big earthquakes that have hit Emilia over the past two weeks, local businesses have already begun to put the shock economy system in to practice. That is when people in charge of a company (or a state) take … Continue reading →

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[en] Saving the countryside

Posted on 2012/06/03 by Struggles in Italy

This article is our translation of this text. More infos and updates in Italian can be found here. The Italian Movements’ Forum for the Land and Landscape (Forum Italiano dei Movimenti per la Terra e il Paessaggio, or FIMTP) was officially established 29 … Continue reading →

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[en] Brescia: 38 years after fascist blast, rallying students are charged by police

Posted on 2012/06/01 by Struggles in Italy

Clashes between protesters and police took place in Brescia on May 28, during the annual commemoration of the victims of the neofascist bombing of Piazza della Loggia in 1974. Thirty-eight years ago on the same day, an explosive device went … Continue reading →

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[en] Second quake hits Northern italy

Posted on 2012/06/01 by Struggles in Italy

17 dead, 350 injured and over 15,000 homeless: this is the toll of the second earthquake that hit the region of Emilia, in northern Italy, on May 29, at a magnitude of 5.8. Among the most heavily affected towns are … Continue reading →

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