Grillo™ for dummies As Italians go to the polls for the 2013 election, much noise has been made in the media about the 5-Star Movement, led by comedian Beppe Grillo,…
Plight of North African refugees: national demonstrations called On 25 February there will be demonstrations across Italy to highlight the difficult situation in…
Bologna: from culture to evictions Once known for its culture and its seemingly idyllic political model, the city of Bologna has undergone harsh political and economical…
Il manifesto lives, Pubblico closes, Liberazione is back: update on the Italian mediascape As the 40-year old Communist newspaper il manifesto managed to survive its imminent…
Richard-Ginori: still turmoil Richard-Ginori, famous around the world for the production of porcelain, is one of the best known “Made in Italy” names. The firm’s production…
Apocalypse and survival - Francesco Santini A harrowing intellectual biography and review essay devoted to the life and works of Giorgio Cesarano, interwoven with an account of the Italian …
Italy is top of European table for work-related deaths Eurostat figures released on 7 January 2013 confirm Italy’s shocking success: it is the country with…
Tresca, Carlo: portrait of a rebel Arriving in America in 1904, Carlo Tresca began a nearly forty-year stretch as an active revolutionary. Nunzio Pernicone's definitive biography…
Piacenza: Logistics Workers 9 – IKEA 0 IKEA and CGS have finally surrendered. CGS is the contracting consortium for the Swedish giant warehouse in Piacenza which serves all of Southern…
Italian fascist offices firebombed The offices of Robert Fiore’s fascist, ‘Forza Nuova’ party have been firebombed by persons unknown. The fascists have stated that extensive…
IKEA struggle: January update On January 3rd, porters and stores workers at IKEA and subcontracted cooperatives in Piacenza again blocked the entrance to the warehouse.