Covid-19 and its Pedagogy of Democracy

This article, written by Gianluca Solera and prof. Lidia Lo Schiavo, co-founders of Maydan Association,  was published today on Maydan’s website as the first contribution to a new section featuring stories, comments, photos, reports, or whatever preferred expression, to describe living the pandemic and its effects on issues related to Maydan’s mission.  The Coronavirus pandemic…

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Arrestateci tutti

Mentre la capitana dell’imbarcazione Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, entrava nel porto di Lampedusa e veniva posta agli arresti domiciliari, mi trovavo su una spiaggia della periferia di Tunisi. Sotto la rocca che ospita la ormai decadente residenza estiva dell’ex-presidente Ben Ali, dove una parete boscosa e ripida scivola verso il mare, avevo raggiunto a piedi…

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Inside Italy: «Hopes were not supposed to be: Messina after the Sabir Maydan»

Special issue: When Sicily challenges the narrative of the end of Mediterranean hopes Kanaltürk and Bugün, two Turkish independent TV channels are closed by the police on October 28, with the accusation of fomenting terrorism (but apparently, the two channels were investigating the corruption inside Mr. Erdogan’s party). Five days earlier, a court of Istanbul…

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