A very appetising anarchist pie on the front cover of issue 344, and inside there are articles on anarchism and food by Rino De Michele, Andrea Perin and others.
Also in this issue is a 24-page dossier by Massimo Ortalli about anarchist writers, “Leggere l’anarchismo”.
Italy’s beloved PM is discussed in an article by Carlo Oliva, while Maria Matteo returns to the theme of her article last month, on the way the state treats immigrants. Giovanna and Antonio Cardella link these two themes, drawing comparisons between Berlusconi and the portly brown-shirted one. Also on the theme of racism, Cosimo Scarinzi finds the nationalist and regionalist elements in Piedmont’s trades unions worrisome.
Andriano Paolella looks at housebuilding and the current economic crisis, while Andrea Papi lays the blame for this crisis at the door of right-wing elements in society who both caused it and perhaps wanted it.
There is a short photoreportage on the demonstrations against the G20 meeting in London.
In “à nous la liberté”, Felice Accame looks at the work of José Saramago.
In “Fatti & Misfatti”: Pier Carlo Masini is remembered in a volume by Franco Bertolucci and Giorgio Mangini in Bergamo; a report by Angelo Pagliaro on the “disappeared” residents of the Papa Giovanni XXIII care home in Cosenza; plus Giacomo Boccardo on an exhibition devoted to Fabrizio De Andrè in Genoa and seminars on liberalism and politics in Castelbolognese.
In “... e compagnia cantante” Alessio Lega commemorates Alain Bashung, who recently passed away. Still with music, Marco Pandin’s Musica&Idee focuses on the music of guitarist Luciano Margorani, a CD by Radio Zastava and “Viper Songs” by Stefano Giaccone and Peter Brett.
In this month’s “37 years ago” feature it is the June 1972 issue of “A” that is looked at. And - still with an air of nostalgia - a look by Arianna Fiore, with a great selection of photos, at the antimilitarist credentials of Charlie Chaplin.
In the occasional poetry corner, a poem by Gianluca Paciucci, “Carnevale a Gaza”.
Closing the issue, libertarian review presents “Uscire dal gregge” by Raffaele Carcano and Adele Orioli, reviewed by Francesca Palazzi Arduini and “Solo in vento mi piegherà” by Wangari Maathai, reviewed by Laura Scaglione, plus two letters: by the friends of Alfredo Tassi, questioning the account of the 27-year-old’s death, and Massimo Ortalli answers a question in letter form by Davide Schifano about William Godwin.

by Leslie Ray