As war rages in Iraq, issue 289 has the symbol of peace on the cover, and articles written at the time of its outbreak, by Andrea Papi, the self-explanatory “Against this war, against all wars”, and by Antonio Cardella, who sees “Compact dark clouds” on the horizon.

Away from today’s wars, a splendid 24-page dossier on “Anarchists against Fascism, 1919-1945 and beyond”.

Several musical bases are touched in this issue, with Marco Pandin on the music and ideas of UK anarchist band Crass (how relevant now is the title of their CD “We don’t want your fucking war”?), and Mauro Macario on the late, great Fabrizio De André.

by Leslie Ray