Italian government doesn’t obey to Italian laws Marisa Meyer (photo) is 67 years old, to walk she needs the help of a crutch, her hands tremble, but on 11 April she succeeded in fooling about…
Accusations against housing movements in Rome demolished by Tribunal In September 2009, hundreds of Carabinieri stormed a school in the Magliana area of Rome and…
Migrant stories from Fortress Italy It’s spring, and while most of us are already organising our summer holidays, some people have very different journeys in mind. In Northern…
The Third Generation: the Young Socialists in Italy, 1907-1915 - Canadian Journal of History, 1996 This is a wonderfully informative text about the political milieu that produced…
Comparing Fordist cities: urban crisis and union response in Detroit 1915-45 and Turin 1950-75 Essay by Ted Perlmutter comparing the industrial cities of Detroit and Turin, their…
Italy: NO TAV against fascism! Last Friday 9th March, a small number of militants from the neofascist group Forza Nuova (“New Force”) protested outside the offices of the…
NO TAV women's day: reclaim dissent! Responding to a call out made by women within the movement a few days ago, today around 100 NO TAV women met up in Susa to “have a chat” with the…
What we have understood by visiting the Susa Valley An account of activists visiting the Susa Valley in north-east Italy, where the inhabitants are in struggle against a high-speed rail link being…
Updates over Susa Valley and No Tav protest Since No-Tav activist Luca Abbà was injured on February 27, protests in the Susa Valley have escalated, reaching a new heights. Soon after Luca’s…
Valsusa in every city: NO TAV updates (Italy) The last 10 days or so have seen a massive shift in the NO TAV struggle, with the state now trying to repress the movement more openly than ever:…
Exploring alternative forms of workers' organization: anarchist communists and the Italian 'base union' movement A member of the Federazione dei Communisti Anarchici (FdCA) goes over the history…
Italian activists blockade key motorways and fight fierce battles with state forces Campaigners against a high speed rail project have engaged in direct action across Italy. They have…