Mediterraneo, Società Civile, Politica e Interculturalità
“Israel is doing the dirty work for all of us”. When the German Chancellor stated it during the last G7, held in mid-June, he was proud of himself and proud of being a pro-Israel supporter whatever it happens. Those words, however, were probably the clearest statement ever by a European politician of this century which…
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Forty-five years. Forty-five years had to wait for a prisoner of the tyrant of Damascus to taste freedom, coming out of the prison of as-Suwayda, just as a rabbit can come out of a magician’s hat. His family did not even know where he was, he had been forgotten by almost everyone, because that is…
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Nous recevons et publions volontiers cet article d’opinion de l’ami Istico Battistoni portant sur le lien entre le sport et le droit de s’exprimer en tant que citoyens responsables. Bruxelles, 21 juillet 2024 Lorsque le capitaine de l’équipe de France Kylian Mbappé dit qu’il fallait « faire le bon choix » face aux « idées qui divisent », à…
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It was a quite evening, and as usual, once he had finished eating dinner, without abandoning his sitting position, he stretched his legs over a chair to his side. Trade had again been generous to him that night, no doubt Brussels was well served in fact, as plenty of fine delicacies had arrived at his…
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Last week, the European parliament approved an historic bill, the Nature Restoration Law. Through a series of extremely unpredictable voting rounds, the bill was first of all kept alive by a majority of 12 voters only : 324 MEPs voted against the motion to reject the bill en bloc submitted by the conservative forces of the…
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Statement of the Maydan Association following the wreck of a migrants’ ship occurred off the Greek coast last June 14, 2023. The statement below is in EN and FR. More than 80 migrants were reported dead on Wednesday the 14th of June on the coast of Greece, and more than 600 remain missing and are…
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One week ago, representatives of European social organisations and movements gathered in Florence on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the first European Social Forum, which gathered in Tuscany thousands of people of the anti-, alter-globalisation movement from across the continent. It was the time of the mobilisation against neoliberal policies, and against the…
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It was only 1987 that the true facts behind the celebrated Stalin’s rule were made public, and The Moscow News published Lenin’s testament, where the founder of Soviet Russia had called for putting Stalin on the sidelines because he was too brutal. Those days, Gorbachev was segretary general of the CPSU’s[1] central committee, function he…
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On April 25, Italy celebrates the liberation from Nazi-fascism. On April 25, 1945, the Allied forces and the Italian partisans broke through the Gothic Line, and the Germans and Italian fascists withdrew from the main Italian Northern cities. It was the beginning of the full liberation of the country. Hundreds of parades and rallies have…
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Italian high-school students, when they study the making of the Italian State as a unified entity, read in books that Camillo Benso Count of Cavour, prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia (and Piedmont), secretly met in July 1858 the French emperor Napoleon III in the town of Plombières, to discuss Piedmont’s new military structure…
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بعد الهجوم التركي الذي استهدف القوات الكردية أو ما تسمى “قوات سوريا الديمقراطية” على الحدود السورية التركية، احتشد العالم ضد تحركات أردوغان لوقف الحرب ضد الأكراد، حيث دعت المجموعات اليسارية في بلدي إيطاليا إلى إنقاذ نموذج روجافا للبلدية الديمقراطية والليبرالية، وذلك إما عن طريق دعوات عن طريق مجموعات الفيسبوك للاحتجاج، أو النداءات الموجهة عبر الصحف…
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After the Turkish attack along the Syrian borders against the Kurdish “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF), an international mobilization materialized against Erdogan’s move, calling for stopping the war against the Kurds. In my country, Italy, many leftist groups called for saving Rojava’s model of democratic and libertarian municipalism, protest events were posted on Facebook, and the…
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Vaggelis Karageorgos died last July 22, 2019. He was my age and was surprised by the Angel of Death in his bed, when a heart attack made him prematurely leaving this Earth. I had met him for the first time at SabirFest 2016, and since then we remained spiritually close friends. Vaggelis was first of…
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Il y a quelques jours, après que le ministre de l’Intérieur italien Mr Salvini eut bloqué l’accès aux ports italiens du navire de secours Aquarius, qui transportait plus que 600 immigrés récupérés en plein mer, le porte-parole de La République en Marche, Mr Attal, a qualifié la décision italienne avec une expression décidément vigoureuse : « À…
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Finalmente il governo. Il governo del cambiamento. Con cinque donne su una ventina di ministri. Anche il governo Gentiloni ne aveva cinque, il governo Renzi ne aveva sei. Almeno da questo punto di vista, di cambiamento non è. Queste, però, sono quisquiglie. Quello che conta è che è nato un governo un poco di destra…
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Gianluca Solera 