Like father, like son: Fascists of the 3rd Millennium in Italy
Submitted by Italy Calling on Apr 13 2013 22:18
Two policemen are under investigation for covering up a fascist brawl that involved Rome’s Mayor’s son, Manfredi Alemanno.
March of discontent: lessons in work struggles (Italy)
Submitted by Italy Calling on Mar 30 2013 20:25
Reflections on the escalation of workers' struggles in Italy in the wake of the large logistics workers' strike of March 22.
On the state of movements in Italy: let’s open the debate
Some American and European comrades have asked me, Why didn’t you have an Occupy movement in Italy? Why is the NO TAV movement the only expression of social struggle? The NO TAV, despite their strong success, despite their original expression of post-modernity class war, lack the characteristics of the Occupy movements: an extension of social change, the power to remove old hierarchies, and, above all, a shared and “common” political dynamic open to radical political upheavals.
Genoa 2001: two of the activists sentenced last week are untraceable
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jul 17 2012 20:20
Francesco Puglisi and Vincenzo Vecchi, the two of the’Genoa 10′ to receive the most severe sentences for crimes of “devastation and looting” – 15 and 13 years – are untraceable since Sunday, the same day Genoa’s Supreme Tribunal ordered them to be incarcerated.
Verdicts in for the Genoa 10: guilty
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jul 15 2012 18:32
The Italian High Court confirmed on Friday 13th July the sentences for the 10 activists on trial for crimes of “devastation and looting” during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001. While some of the sentences have been slightly reduced, all 10 activists have been declared guilty of devastation and looting crimes against private property (for a little historical insight on this charge have a look at my previous article).
Final sentences for police forces involved in Diaz school butchery at 2001 G8 summit in Genoa
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jul 8 2012 21:03
Impunity for police and security forces involved in the raid at the Diaz school during the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa
Pisa: the "Nuova Periferia Polivalente" has opened!
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jul 6 2012 20:39
After being left derelict and neglected for 6 years, during which the only intervention by the local authorities has been the building of a wall around the old changing rooms which turned them into a dangerous sewer, Pisa’s sports centre Polisportiva della Fontina has come back to life, and being put to use by hundreds of people of all ages who want a space to hang out and practice sports freely.
Genoa 2001: 11 years minus a month
Translation of a painfully beautiful article written by fellow blogger psikosomatica. The original in Italian can be found on her blog. Thanks psikosomatica for writing this. Memory must be saved…
Genoa isn’t over…new support campaign for activists risking 100 years of jail
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jun 24 2012 11:45
I’m not usually one for signing petitions, but a recent initiative has started up which I feel very strongly about. While the top table directly involved in organising and carrying out the butchery of the G8 in Genoa 11 years ago have happily got away with it, 10 activists are risking a total of about 100 years in jail for crimes of “devastation and looting”.
Squatting against austerity: Occupy Pisa grows and evolves
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jun 10 2012 20:47
Squatting is on the rise again in these times of austerity (see for example the recent occupations of flats in Southern Spain, mostly carried out by housewives and families). An Italian project that’s caught my attention since its beginning is in Pisa, where last year’s Occupy protests evolved into the reappropriation and transformation of abandoned buildings for the benefit of the local community.
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