The cover of issue 272 is devoted to the comic strip shown in full inside the magazine, produced by three prisoners in the special section of Voghera prison - Andrea Perrone, Carmelo Musumeci and Antonino Carollo.

With a view to the Italian elections in May, the editorial by Maria Matteo deals with abstention.

Massimo Ortalli analyses the acquittal of Giulio Andreotti "due to lack of evidence".

The book industry in the age of globalisation is the subject discussed by Guido Lagomarsino.

"The culture of the appearance" is the title of the article on teenagers, by Francesco Codello.

In the libertarian review, Leonina Roversi reviews Milano. L'ambiente, il territorio, la città [Milan. The Environment, the Territory, the City] by Giovanni Denti and Annalisa Mauri, and Francesco Berti gives Il lapis del falegname [The Carpenter's Pencil] by Manuel Rivas as an example of libertarian fiction.

The questionnaire "Anarchists and their Imagination" has been prepared by Domenico "Mimmo" Pucciarelli.

Starting from the experience of Seattle, Rebecca DeWitt analyses the role of anarchists within a movement that is gaining new political impetus. The anti-globalisation debate continues with a contribution by Alessandro Bresolin on the protests against the Global Forum in Naples.

Cristina Valenti tells of a young Iranian theatre company, who under the direction of Mohammad Taheri has staged Les Nègres [The Blacks] by Jean Genet.

"Beyond Loneliness and Institutions" is the title of the preview of the book of the same name by Nils Christie.

Marco Pandin presents the musical group Mirafiori Kids, also quoting from a text by them on self-production.

The post box again contains letters concerning Leda Rafanelli: from Leda's niece, Vega Monanni, from Alessandra Pierotti and from Giuseppe Galzerano.

Then of course we have the usual columns by Felice Accame and Carlo E. Menga.

In the "Ai lettori" section, the editors announce - among other things - the 3rd reprint of the dossier on De André, Signora Libertà, signorina Anarchia, which has now reached a total print run of over 14,000 copies.

And, last but not least, on the back cover we launch an international postal art project: the exhibition to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the magazine is scheduled for September 2001 and will have the circled "a" as its theme.