The category of refugee, or political refugee, was not born in the rhetoric of this week. However it is now that it seems to assume particular centrality in the political discourse. The European institutions have always had the tendency to ignore, where ever possible, the presence within its territories of ‘non economic’ migrants precisely because […]
But there is more: the most interesting aspect is perhaps the attempt to attribute the responsibilities of the genocide of the Jews to the Mufti of Jerusalem. Without risking to pass for defenders of the authority designated to control the Islamic holy sites during the period of the Mandate, it is necessary to clearly reaffirm […]
Update 7.30 pmThe solidal picket beneath the Ex-Telecom building keeps growing in numbers, reaffirming that no one will leave without a satisfying solutions for all the occupiers. Update 6.05 pmAfter an assembly on the roof the occupiers deemed acceptable the proposal made by the social workers, that promise housing for everyone. They swore to […]
(This reflection was originally published on the Infoaut.org website last August 7) The issue of Cecil the lion, as every mass phenomena able to mobilize more or less happy energies and passions, deserves a level of analysis able to overcome the simple invective (yet, according to the author, being the latter justified by the events […]
The sunday march, which started from piazza d’Armi then reached the lower side of the city; where in via Mameli in the Stampace neighbourhood it was charged by many police squads, that surrounded the demonstration all over its way. The messy charge continued for several dozens of meters, erupting into aggressions against individual demonstrators. No […]
The answer of some citizens of Pisa was ready: for two times, in spite of police cordons, the petition stand was reached and overturned, to the point the leagueists were forced to retreat with their tail between their legs. Even if they try to exploit the most controversial issues in order to promote themselves, the […]
La catégorie juridique du rescapé, ou de réfugié politique, n’est pas née avec la rhétorique de ces dernières semaines. Cependant, c’est maintenant qu’elle semble prendre une centralité particulière dans le discours politique. Les institutions européennes ont toujours eu tendance à ignorer, lorsque c’était possible, la présence sur leur territoire des migrants «non économiques», parce que […]
Το να εξεγερθείς στην παρούσα τάξη πραγμάτων δεν είναι εύκολο, διότι σε αυτήν διακτίνονται πολλαπλοί μηχανισμοί, που χαρακτηρίζονται από διαφορετικές τυπολογίες χρήσης της βίας. Στρατιωτικά σώματα και παραστρατιωτικές πολιτοφυλακές, δικαστές και δυνάμεις αστυνομίας είναι (κάποια ) παραδείγματα. Υπάρχει ένας πλατύς χώρος κοινωνικής και πολιτικής ανυποταξίας προς τους κανόνες που δίδονται και παράγει η προσφυγή, από […]
On monday the resistance of the Bolognese warehouse workers managed to stop all the interport and the Bologna-Padua highway for hours, arousing the repressive initiative ordered by the city Police Department – who did not spare a number of antiriot police wagons, that after some hours managed to evict the resisting picket organized by the […]
INTRODUCTION The conquests of Daesh (the Arabic name of what it is erroneously translated in Italy as Islamic State) in Iraq and Syria are just the latest events exploited by the mainstream media in order to propose once again the tale of an (alleged) decadence of the Middle Eastern civilization linked to Islam. The […]