Militarization in Italy: from the war economy to the battle of ideas
Italy

Militarization in Italy: from the war economy to the battle of ideas

Italy’s government has expressed it is completely aligned to the rearmament plans imposed by the US and NATO.

Maurizio Coppola
August 11, 2025
The advance of the commune in Venezuela
Venezuela

The advance of the commune in Venezuela

10 years after the death of Comandante Hugo Chávez Frías, “commune or nothing” remains the battle cry of the Venezuelan people advancing in the Bolivarian revolution

Maurizio Coppola
April 10, 2023
29-03 Gianni Mina Tribute
Italy

Remembering Gianni Minà, a journalist out of the chorus

On March 27, 2023, Gianni Minà died aged 85. Minà was not simply a journalist, he brought the voices of Latin America and of its social redemption into Italy

Maurizio Coppola
March 30, 2023
In Italy, migrants and refugees take to the streets for peace and social justice
Italy

In Italy, migrants and refugees take to the streets for peace and social justice

Migrants movements are calling for a two-day mobilization asking for peace, work, housing and the regularization of undocumented people

Maurizio Coppola
June 17, 2022
Italian state cracks down on student activists
Italy

Italian state cracks down on student activists

In the early morning of May 12, Italian police arrested 11 young activists in the city of Turin due to their participation in protests related to workplace deaths of two high school students

Maurizio Coppola
May 16, 2022
Youth on Italy’s streets are fighting for their lives
Italy

Youth on Italy’s streets are fighting for their lives

After a young student Lorenzo Parelli died in a working accident, students all over Italy have expressed their discontent and taken to the streets against precarity and lack of future.

Maurizio Coppola
January 27, 2022
Why Italy is not our country of the year
Italy

Why Italy is not our country of the year

In the December 18 edition of The Economist, Italy was named “the country of the year” citing newfound economic and political stability under PM Mario Draghi

Maurizio Coppola
December 22, 2021
“The Cuban Soberana vaccine is not due to a miracle but the consequence of political decisions”
Cuba Italy

“The Cuban Soberana vaccine is not due to a miracle but the consequence of political decisions”

From November 15 to 25, 35 Italian volunteers participated in a clinical trial on the Soberana vaccine in Havana, Cuba. Thanks to its public and high quality biotechnological research and health care system, the Caribbean island is the only low-income country worldwide to have made its own COVID-19 vaccines

Maurizio Coppola
December 20, 2021