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    U.S. military interests reign supreme in Italy
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     Stephanie Westbrook
    Italian High Court resorts to laws enacted under Mussolini to approve work on a second US military base but grassroots opposition is growing and determined to stop the base in Vicenza

    On Tuesday, July 29, the Council of State, Italy's highest administrative court, overturned the June...

    The crisis of Italy’s political institutions: a view from inside government
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     Paolo Ferrero
    Paolo Ferrero was Minister of Social Solidarity in the Prodi Government. He describes here the difficulties of achieving radical reform in the face of a weak coalition, social conservatism and the crisis besetting Italy’s weak political institutions
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    Movements and left parties should keep a respectful distance
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     Alessandra Mecozzi
    Alessandra Mecozzi, International Secretary of FIOM, the Italian metalworkers union, reflects on the weakened state of the movements, including the trade union movement, and draws some harsh lessons.

    Are the...

    Balance sheet of the Prodi Government
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     Vittorio Longhi
    The Prodi government failed in its promises to rewrite Berlusconi’s controversial labour laws, remunicipalise water and reverse Italy’s militaristic international policies. The result is disillusionment with the left, writes Vittorio Longhi.
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    The Italian left should appeal to the urban middle class
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     Paul Ginsborg
    Italy is a right-wing country, where the Vatican retains a strong influence and a majority of the population belong to the urban middle class. The left needs a new appeal to these sectors if it is to challenge Berlusconi, argues Paul Ginsborg.
    Walter Veltroni: projecting Italy as the 'hub' of neoliberal Europe
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     Enzo Mangini
    Walter Veltroni is the main centre-left challenger to Berlusconi in Italy’s general election.
    We must avoid being absorbed by the State
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     Paolo Cacciari
    Paolo Cacciari, a former Rifondazione MP, argues that the left should avoid being ‘absorbed’ by state institutions, and explains how citizens’ associations can work to bring about a new left culture

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    A new coalition may be the best hope for a weak left
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     Luciana Castellina
    With the centre-left taking a rightward turn, and a fractious left increasingly losing its social base, the prospects for the Italian election look bleak, argues Luciana Castellina

    The experience of the Prodi...

    Crossing the boundaries between social movements and political institutions
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     Anna Pizzo
    The formation of a new radical left coalition, La Sinstra – L’Arcobaleno, is a political necessity for the forthcoming election. But attempting to win power is not enough, argues Anna Pizzo. Social movement organising and participation remain crucial if politics is to be...
    Against Veltrusconi: the challenges facing Italy's 'territorial' social movements
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     Tommaso Fattori
    Italy has seen a recent wave of ‘territorial’ social movements, brought together by a crisis of political representation. In the face of an increasingly insecure society, and the appeal of more authoritarian demands, these movements still need to develop a mass base, argues Tommaso...
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