Tag: Italy
In Pictures: Rome Celebrates the 80th Anniversary of Liberation from Fascism
Thousands of people gathered in the eastern quadrant of Rome to celebrate the partisans’ struggle. The youth once again took center stage in this event. Collective memory operates like a gear, and its impact becomes evident during these gatherings.
The Revolution that Never Came: The April 25 Insurrection in Italy
The Italian insurrection of April 25, 1945, marked the highest point of the partisan war against Nazism and fascism, the peak of a revolution that was possible at that historical moment. However, 80 years later, it remains in collective memory stripped of all its most radical and subversive elements.
Our Way to See/a. The Transforming Landscapes of Central Mediterranean Migrations
We see this politics of solidarity as part of an already ongoing form of struggle—one foremost carried on by people that we don’t save, but encounter in our rescuing initiatives.
Photo Essay: Heavily Loaded
Since the ancient times, when people started sailing, the populations living on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea used to move in the Mediterranean basin to sell goods to their neighbours.
Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century: Can Eco-Cities Tackle Climate Change and Pollution?
Turning Point talked with municipal officials, grass roots organizers, researchers, and residents in the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas to map out urban strategies for adaptation to climate change and to find out more about the prospects of finding an alternative to the current, ecologically devastating forms of urbanization.
Breaking a Rule to Create a Chance: The Story of Quarticciolo Ribelle
Quarticciolo as a neglected suburb shares the stories of many other peripheries in Italy, but what Quarticciolo Ribelle is writing is a possible alternative plot, a different story.