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It’s not just the freedom of one man at stake, but our very freedom of speech.The Assange case erupts today at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia
From the stage Stella Morris, Julian Assange's wife, and the investigative journalist Stefania Maurizi will urge the journalists present to defend the founder of Wikileaks. While outside the hall, a group of FREE ASSANGE Italia activists will tell journalists that their freedom is also at stake.9 April 2022 - Patrick Boylan
Don’t shoot the messengerThe debacle in Afghanistan shows we should have listened to, not criminalized, Julian Assange
The founder of Wikileaks informed us long ago, with documentary proof, that US/NATO troops in Afghanistan were not winning the hearts and minds of the people; instead, they were making themselves hated. But the message went unheard and now the messenger is in prison awaiting judgment.22 August 2021 - Patrick Boylan
The scourge of irregular leases exposedActivists appeal to the UN to save an elderly man from eviction
Last Thursday, activists of the RentStrike network organized an anti-eviction picket to save an elderly resident of Rome, victim of an irregular lease, from a life of homelessness, thanks to an appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. They had done so in May for a similar case.16 July 2021 - Patrick Boylan
Ten million tons of CO2 each year, Ilva is the number one producer of CO2 in ItalyClimate Monster
The Ilva steelworks (ArcelorMittal), located in Taranto, is the primary source, in Italy, of CO2 pollution of the atmosphere, with the two thermoelectric power plans (CET2 and CET3).25 April 2021 - PeaceLink
Historical memoryWhat can we learn from the failure of the Alinari company?
The Alinari Archives is one of the most important photographic archives in the world. Its history began in Florence in 1852. The archives contains more than 5 million photographic documents25 January 2021 - Capitolo italiano di Creative Commons
On ‘Wind-days’ the local population is advised to minimise exposure to pollutionThe steel mill’s dust engulfs the city, but school windows need to stay open due to Covid-19
The residents of Taranto have been struggling with air pollution long before the Covid-19 pandemic. They are now caught in the crossfire of two public health emergencies that require local authorities to take action and demand the shutting down of the polluting premises.8 October 2020 - Taranto’s City Committee for Health and the Environment
Letter to the Prime Minister, Prof. Giuseppe ConteThe Ilva steelworks is a climate monster
If we calculate the atmospheric pollution caused not just by the steelworks alone, but also by the thermoelectric plants that were built to provide it with its power needs and burn its waste gas we arrive at the conclusion that Ilva (ArcelorMittal) is the number one producer of CO2 in Italy4 October 2019 - Associazione PeaceLink (Italy)
Press release from the NoWar Network - RomeThe crisis in Venezuela: one-sided reporting as a prelude to invasion?
3 August 2017 - Patrick Boylan
#UnitedWeStand against the Donald Trump agendaROME RESISTS: May 23rd, 19:30, in Piazza Bologna, Rome
Protesters against Donald Trump's policies -- from immigration bans to reckless war escalation -- will meet on May 23rd at 7:30pm (19:30) in Piazza Bologna, Rome, during Trump's visit to the Capital. Organized by American expats in Rome, the event -- strictly demonstrative and non violent -- welcomes Italian like-minded participants as well.18 May 2017 - Patrick Boylan
Macché autunno caldo! Arriva una primavera caliente di lotte per la pace12 marzo contro la guerra: ora c'è un sito per far condividere le iniziative
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Decolla la proposta di una giornata di mini-manifestazioni in tanti comuni d'Italia – iniziative spontanee e fai-da-te – per sensibilizzare la popolazione ai pericoli di un nuovo intervento militare italiano in Libia. Si vuole così preparare il terreno per la riuscita del grande incontro nazionale contro la guerra che Alex Zanotelli convocherà, non appena otterrà le adesioni delle varie associazioni pacifiste italiane.24 February 2016 - Patrick Boylan
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