# PeaceLink

> PeaceLink ("Telematica per la Pace") is an Italian volunteer association founded in 1991
> in Taranto, publishing independent journalism and documentation on peace, disarmament,
> human rights, ecology and active citizenship as an alternative to mainstream media.
> Content is overwhelmingly in Italian [IT]; smaller curated sections exist in English,
> French and Spanish. Site runs on PhPeace, the association's own open-source CMS.

## Start here
- [Chi siamo / About](https://www.peacelink.it/peacelink/): who we are, history, structure [IT]
- [Site map index](https://www.peacelink.it/mappa/group_1.html): full topic tree, one page per thematic group [IT]
- [Search](https://www.peacelink.it/cerca/index.php?q=): full-text search across the site [IT]
- [Calendar of events](https://www.peacelink.it/calendario/events.php): peace and disarmament events, demonstrations, meetings [IT]
- [Map of associations and events](https://www.peacelink.it/map): geographic map of peace groups and initiatives [IT]
- [Contact](https://www.peacelink.it/peacelink/contatti) — [Collaborate](https://www.peacelink.it/peacelink/collabora) — [Donate](https://www.peacelink.it/peacelink/donazioni) [IT]

## Peace and disarmament (main focus)
- [Disarmo](https://www.peacelink.it/disarmo/): Military spending
  (Italian and global), arms trade and producers, arms-industry conversion, "banche armate"
  (banks financing the arms trade), law 185/1990, GCAP programme, military technologies
  including missiles, drones, robotics and AI, chemical/biological weapons [IT]
- [Armi nucleari e rischio nucleare](https://www.peacelink.it/disarmo/armi-nucleari): nuclear weapons,
  ICAN campaign, euromissiles, nuclear risk in Italian ports (Taranto, La Spezia, Napoli, Brindisi,
  Gaeta, La Maddalena), nuclear submarine incidents, nuclear testing [IT]
- [Uranio impoverito](https://www.peacelink.it/disarmo/uranio-impoverito): long-running dossier on
  depleted uranium, health and environmental effects, Balkans bombing maps, affected soldiers,
  scientific/medical/legal documentation [IT]
- [Eserciti e basi](https://www.peacelink.it/disarmo/eserciti-e-basi): NATO, US bases in Italy
  (incl. Vicenza), militarised cities, militarisation of space, private armies, child soldiers, AFRICOM [IT]
- [Pace](https://www.peacelink.it/pace/): pacifism, nonviolence, peace education, human rights,
  international law, conscientious objection, Gandhi and other testimonies [IT]
- [Europace](https://www.peacelink.it/europace/): European perspective on peace, EU defence and
  foreign policy, civil peace corps, European citizenship [IT]
- [Alex Zanotelli](https://www.peacelink.it/zanotelli/): writings, speeches and initiatives of the
  Comboni missionary Alex Zanotelli [IT]

## Ecology and environmental health
- [Ecologia](https://www.peacelink.it/ecologia/): pollution, environmental education, sustainable
  development, green economy, GMOs, waste emergencies [IT]
- [Inquinamento a Taranto / ILVA](https://www.peacelink.it/ecologia/i/3920.html): PeaceLink's
  best-known local investigation. The ILVA steelworks, dioxin in mussels, benzo(a)pyrene campaign,
  contamination of the sea and of Statte, the ILVA trial, plus ecological, health, economic and
  legal documentation [IT]

## Culture, history and research
- [Schede](https://www.peacelink.it/schede/): reference cards on people, concepts, books, films,
  songs and events, including a multi-part history of peace and human rights (downloadable book in
  ODT, Markdown, RTF, PDF, EPUB, DOCX) [IT]
- [Storia della Pace](https://www.peacelink.it/storia/): a collaborative peace-history research
  section asking how opposition to war was built historically, who advanced pacifist and nonviolent
  thought, and what its roots are. Built around "Schede per una storia della pace e dei diritti
  umani" (Alessandro and Daniele Marescotti, 2005), a 300+ page copyleft book covering movements
  against war and for human rights from prehistory to the present, with biographical cards,
  bibliographies and teaching materials for peace education. Distinct from the association's own
  history at /peacelink/storia [IT]
- [World Peace Database](https://www.peacelink.it/schede/world-peace-database): structured records on
  peace movements and activists, incl. European pacifists [IT]
- [Albert](https://www.peacelink.it/pace/i/4133.html): international bulletin on peace and disarmament,
  with regional desks (Africa, Americas, Asia, BRICS, Europe, Middle East, NATO, Oceania, UN) [IT]
- [Economia](https://www.peacelink.it/economia/): economics in relation to peace, ecology, geopolitics,
  justice and innovation [IT]

## World and active citizenship
- [Mondo](https://www.peacelink.it/mappa/group_12.html): global justice, anti-racism, migration,
  solidarity. Includes [Latina](https://www.peacelink.it/latina/), a long-standing section on Latin
  America (human rights, desaparecidos, indigenous rights, labour struggles, press freedom) [IT]
- [Cittadinanza attiva](https://www.peacelink.it/mappa/group_13.html): active citizenship topics [IT]
- [Ospiti](https://www.peacelink.it/mappa/group_2.html): guest-hosted sections and partner projects [IT]

## Community and participation
- [Mailing lists](https://lists.peacelink.it): PeaceLink's public mailing lists (disarmo@, pace@,
  ecologia@, nonviolenza@ and others), with public archives [IT]
- [sociale.network](https://sociale.network/): Mastodon instance operated by PeaceLink and Altrinformazione [IT]
- [Campagne](https://www.peacelink.it/campagne/): petitions and campaigns [IT]

## Other languages (curated subsets, not full mirrors)
- [English](https://www.peacelink.it/en/): selected articles [EN]
- [Français](https://www.peacelink.it/fr/): selected articles [FR]
- [Español](https://www.peacelink.it/es/): selected articles [ES]

## Policies
- [Privacy](https://www.peacelink.it/peacelink/privacy) — [Cookies](https://www.peacelink.it/peacelink/a/41776.html) — [Right of reply](https://www.peacelink.it/peacelink/diritto-di-replica) [IT]