Written by Marisa Petricca · Translated by Mirella Biagi On the evening of 4 March 2013 a large fire destroyed the “Città della Scienza” [1] [en] structure in Bagnoli, Naples. youtu.be/NZwa4J5pI5g The public centre was built between 1989 and 1992 in the former industrial area of Bagnoli, in the ex-headquarters of ILVA-Italsider [2], closed down […]
E’ ancora scontro tra Santoro e la RAI
18/10/2010 Porta a Porta, Maurizio Belpietro afferma che Michele Santoro sarebbe stato sospeso per quindici giorni dal direttore Generale Gianni Pasquarelli 15 anni fa, circostanza completamente inventata. L’Onorevole Maurizio Gasparri lo indica come il responsabile del suicidio del maresciallo Lombardo senza che nessuno faccia notare che le inchieste aperte dalla magistratura si conclusero con archiviazioni, […]
Mozambique: House of the Flying Azagaias
In the past couple of weeks, the Mozambican blogosphere played host to debate on the role of hip-hop and the nature of legitimate “social critique”. This debate actually started two years ago [pt], except that in past weeks it has reached a new fervor. One group of influential voices in the Mozambican blogosphere until recently […]
Brazil: Petroleum, elections and poverty matters
On Friday 15th of May, the Brazilian Congress launched an investigation into the giant state-run oil company Petrobras. The initiative was started by government leaders of the opposition PSDB party. They set up what Brazilians call a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI is the abbreviation in Portuguese) to scrutinize supposed irregularities in the company. Meanwhile, on […]
Luis Donaldo Colosio: el escenario de su muerte.
1994 era el año de la revancha priísta. Luego del descalabro sufrido en 1988, todo parecía indicar que el equipo tricolor había recuperado la cancha. El presidente Carlos Salinas de Gortari tenía un índice de aceptación envidiable, tan así que el eterno líder obrero, Fidel Velázquez se animó a declarar: "Salinas se merece todo, inclusive […]
Amid Brazil’s Flood, Bloggers Form Solidarity Networks
by Paula Góes There have been three months of intermittent rain in Santa Catarina and there are now nearly 79,000 displaced people and 110 deaths. Of a population of 5.9 million, 1.5 million people have been directly or indirectly affected by the floods. There are 12 cities in a state of emergency. The rain is […]