Italy

February 2012

Paolo Gerbaudo

Paolo Gerbaudo reports on the Routes of Europe conference in Florence, arguing that the Italian left must embrace the participatory democracy of the indignados to achieve political purchase.

A test for India’s foreign policy

June 2011

Praful Bidwai

While countries all over the world review their nuclear energy plans and safety measures in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, the Indian government still pushes ahead with it's fiercely opposed Jaitapur plant.

Carbon market “growth” is mainly fraudulent, World Bank report shows

August 2010

Oscar Reyes

The global carbon market grew in 2009. Far from signalling a success, this reflects a massive increase in fraud, the dumping of surplus emissions permits by industry, and a rise in financial speculation.

Secrecy, Torture & Human Rights: US War Crimes, European Complicity, and International Law

May 2010

Tom Reifer

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's role in defending torture and rendition under the Obama administration raises serious concerns about the ongoing failure of the US government to end its own practice of extreme human rights abuses throughout the world.

Participation in Italy

September 2008

Anna Pizzo

Anna Pizzo is a director of Carta (a partner in Eurotopia), and has been a councillor for three years in the Lazio region. Inspired by the experience of Porto Alegre, she has been working on ‘the borderline’ between the movements and the political institutions...

U.S. military interests reign supreme in Italy

August 2008

TNI

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

April 2008

TNI

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

Movements and left parties should keep a respectful distance

April 2008

TNI

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.

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Balance sheet of the Prodi Government

April 2008

TNI

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.

The Italian left should appeal to the urban middle class

April 2008

TNI

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.