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As Post-Colonial Migrants Cross the Mediterranean, Europe Says “Go Home” in Every Language

There is no escaping the fact that the “throw them back to Libya” attitude, fostered by governments and upheld by a considerable segment of the population, is prevailing.

July 05th, 2018

By Ramona Wadi @walzerscent

As Post-Colonial Migrants Cross the Mediterranean, Europe Says “Go Home” in Every Language

MALTA -- (Report) The standoff in June between Malta and Italy over the fate of over 600 migrants on board the Aquarius -- a rescue boat operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) -- made headline news for the wrong reasons. As both

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Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi is an independent researcher, freelance journalist, book reviewer and blogger. She writes about the struggle for memory in Palestine and Chile, historical legitimacy, the ramifications of settler-colonialism, the correlation between humanitarian aid and human rights abuses, the United Nations as an imperialist organisation, indigenous resistance, la nueva cancion Chilena and Latin American revolutionary philosophy with a particular focus on Fidel Castro, Jose Marti and Jose Carlos Mariategui. Her articles, book reviews, interviews and blogs have been published in Middle East Monitor, Upside Down World, Truthout, Irish Left Review, Gramsci Oggi, Cubarte, Rabble.ca, Toward Freedom, History Today, Chileno and other outlets, including academic publications and translations into several languages.

Spain Offers to take in Refugee Ship Turned Away by Italy’s New Far-Right Gov

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a socialist who took office just over a week ago, gave instructions for the humanitarian vessel to be admitted to the eastern port of Valencia after having been turned away by Italy and Malta.

June 11th, 2018

By Al Jazeera

Spain Offers to take in Refugee Ship Turned Away by Italy’s New Far-Right Gov

Spain's new government has stepped up and offered to take in a rescue ship that is drifting in the Mediterranean sea with 629 migrants on board after Italy and Malta refused to let it dock.

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G7 Summit Appears Doomed to Fail Before It Even Starts

It’s always hard to make predictions, but it can be safely said that no such thing as Western unity exists anymore.

June 05th, 2018

By Peter Korzun

G7 Summit Appears Doomed to Fail Before It Even Starts

Those who are unfriendly toward Russia keep on spreading the myth that Moscow is isolated on the world stage. The reality is quite different, but the idea of

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European Establishment Loses its First Major Election to Populism

The Italian elections have changed the calculus. After having fought off popular rejection of its neoliberal economic policies that serve its own interests, the European establishment has lost its first major election to a populist party.

May 25th, 2018

By Andrew Spannaus

European Establishment Loses its First Major Election to Populism

The revolt of voters across the Western world has reached a high point in Europe. The Five Star Movement and the League, two so-called “populist” political parties in Italy, are preparing to form a government after Wednesday’s appointment of a new prime minister following an election result that could directly challenge the foundations of the

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Andrew Spannaus

Andrew Spannaus is a journalist and strategic analyst based in Milan, Italy. Despite a year-long attempt to exclude him due to his independence, he was elected Chairman of the Milan Foreign Press Association in March 2018. He has published the books “Perché vince Trump” (Why Trump is Winning – June 2016) and “La rivolta degli elettori” (The Revolt of the Voters – July 2017).

From D.C. to Rome Populist Politicians Are Hacking Away at a Broken Status Quo

Unless progressives come up with a more convincing Plan B, the disrupters of the far right will establish something even more unjust and unsustainable.

May 24th, 2018

By John Feffer

From D.C. to Rome Populist Politicians Are Hacking Away at a Broken Status Quo

Imagine a trio of tech-savvy and entrepreneurial souls on the prowl for the next killer app. They’re staying up late in their dorm, or perhaps they’re celebrating at a nightclub after finishing their MBA program. They want to make money. They want to change the world. They want to create something that gets snatched up by the titans of e-industry

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John Feffer

John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of the dystopian novel Splinterlands (Dispatch Books/Haymarket, 2016).

Anti-BDS Laws and Pro-Israeli Parliament: Zionism Is Winning in Italy

Italy’s anti-Fascist, anti-military occupation and revolutionary past is being overlooked by self-serving politicians, growingly beholden to the pressures of a burgeoning pro-Israel lobby.

November 18th, 2017

By Romana Rubeo @RomanaRubeo and
Ramzy Baroud @RamzyBaroud

Anti-BDS Laws and Pro-Israeli Parliament: Zionism Is Winning in Italy

Analysis -- A proposed law at the Italian Parliament is set to punish the boycott of Israel. In the past, such an initiative would have been unthinkable. Alas, Italy, a country that had historic sympathies with the Palestinian cause has shifted its politics in a dramatic way in recent years. Most surprisingly, though, the Left is

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Romana Rubeo

Romana Rubeo is a freelance translator based in Italy. She holds a Master’s degree in Foreign Languages and Literature and she is specialized in Audiovisual and Journalism Translation. An avid reader, her interests include music, politics, and geopolitics.

Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a widely published and translated author, an internationally syndicated columnist and editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story (Pluto Press, 2018). He earned a Ph.D. in Palestine Studies from the University of Exeter (2015), and was a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UCSB. Visit his website at www.ramzybaroud.net.

Italy Rescues Migrants and Asks Other Countries to Host Them

Italy is trying to find countries willing to take in some 450 migrants rescued from an overcrowded ship in the Mediterranean on Saturday.