Italy

Italy, democracy and COVID-19

Topic: 
COVID-19
English
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Francesco Martone
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The crisis triggered by COVID-19 is challenging the very meaning of coexistence and cohabitation and redesigning the boundaries of public space in an absolutely unprecedented way, with unpredictable results.

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Italy
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Turin: The long march towards water remunicipalisation

Topic: 
Water Justice
Remunicipalisation
English
Programmes: 
Public Alternatives
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Mariangela Rosolen
Editors: 
Ann Doherty
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On 9 October 2017, the Turin City Council turned back privatisation and took another step towards the remunicipalisation of its metropolitan water system. And so the city entered the next phase of its long march towards water sovereignty, begun in the aftermath of the Second World War on the ruins of a town half-destroyed by allied bombing and by Nazi/Fascist retaliations against the democratic... Read more

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Manifestazione Nazionale per i Beni Comuni e contro le privatizzazioni

Image Source: 
Forum Italiano dei Movimenti per l’Acqua
Related content: 
Il ritorno alla gestione pubblica dei servizi di base
Reclaiming Public Services
Tags: 
Remunicipalisation
Reclaiming Public Water
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Turin: The long march towards water remunicipalisation(pdf, 223.79 KB)
Regions: 
Italy
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No al TAV: alimentando el fuego de la resistencia en el norte de Italia

Topic: 
Replanteando la reducción del espacio civil
Acaparamiento de tierras y aguas
Spanish
Programmes: 
Justicia Agraria y Ambiental
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Frank Barat
Translators: 
Christine Lewis Carroll
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La lucha que lleva décadas librando el movimiento contra el Tren de Alta Velocidad (TAV) en el norte de Italia es fuente de inspiración para los movimientos ambientalistas y anticapitalistas de todo el mundo.

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Al llegar al aeropuerto de Turín, en un cálido día de otoño, el olor a humo es sobrecogedor. El pronóstico del tiempo muestra en mi teléfono móvil un sol radiante, pero yo solo veo nubes. No es hasta el momento en que entramos en la autopista cuando me doy cuenta de que el océano de gris no tiene nada que ver con las nubes. Lo que ocurre es que El Piamonte está en llamas y que estas han... Read more

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Published at: 
El Salto
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Reflexiones en torno al concepto de "reducción del espacio de acción de la sociedad civil"
La extrema derecha en Polonia: así es el neoliberalismo
La criminalización de Standing Rock
Regions: 
Italy
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Prisoners sentenced with unconstitutional norms have the right to be resentenced

Topic: 
Drug Law Reform
English
Programmes: 
Drugs & Democracy
Subtitle: 
Italian NGOs advocate for law by decree that would immediatly reduce illegitimate penalties
Article type: 
In the media
Authors: 
Grazia Zuffa
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In February, the Italian Constitutional Court ruled that most of the 2006 drug law norms were unconstitutional. Following this pronouncement, at the end of May, the Court of Cassation decided that people sentenced and incarcerated under the illegitimate norms have the right to be resentenced. The decision may affect about 10.000 prisoners detained for cannabis crimes.

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In fact, one of the main changes in the new antidrug text as amended by the Constitutional Court concerns the reintroduced distinction between cannabis and "hard" drugs: while in the 2006 - so called Fini-Giovanardi-law, penalties for any drug crime ranged from 6 to 20 years, according to the new text cannabis crimes will be punished with incarceration from 2 to 6 years.... Read more

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Tags: 
Decriminalization
Prison situation
Sentencing
Regions: 
Italy

Land grabbing anche in Europa, colossi frenano l'agricoltura

Topic: 
Land and Water Grabbing
Food Sovereignty
Land Sovereignty
English
Programmes: 
Agrarian & Environmental Justice
Article type: 
In the media
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Il 50% delle terre Ue in mano a solo il 3% delle grandi aziende

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Stando a quanto emerge da una ricerca condotta da Transnational Institute e riportata oggi dal Guardian, oggi il 50% delle terra agricola europea è concentrata nelle mani delle grandi aziende (con 100 ettari e più di terreno), che rappresentano solo il 3% delle circa 12 milioni di aziende Ue. Protagonisti di questo accaparramento sono grandi imprese cinesi, fondi sovrani mediorientali ed hegde... Read more

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La Stampa
Tags: 
Land Grabbing
Regions: 
Italy

EU military spending is 'elephant in the room' and key factor in European debt crisis, argues new report

Topic: 
EU security policies
English
Programmes: 
War & Pacification
Democratising Europe
Article type: 
Press release
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At a time of harsh cuts in social services, it is morally unjustifiable to spend money on weapons that should be invested in creating jobs and tackling poverty.

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High levels of military spending played a key role in the unfolding European economic crisis and continues to undermine efforts to resolve it, alleges a new report by Transnational Institute and the Dutch Campaign against the Arms Trade.... Read more

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Guns, debt and corruption
Tags: 
European Union
EU Crisis
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Press release: Military spending and EU crisis(pdf, 48.96 KB)
Regions: 
Germany
Greece
Italy
United Kingdom

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