Italy’s migrant workers stand up for their rights
Last weekend one hundred and fifty tomato pickers in the southern Italian region of Puglia walked off the job. The workers, African immigrants, had been labouring for 10 hours a day in back breaking...
View ArticleMigrant workers stand up for their rights
Last weekend one hundred and fifty tomato pickers in the southern Italian region of Puglia walked off the job. The workers, African immigrants, had been labouring for 10 hours a day in back breaking...
View ArticleItalian protest against “Social Butchery”
Tomorrow Italy’s streets are expected to swell with protests at the Italian Government’s austerity measures. The general strike, called by the CGIL, the country’s largest trade union central, comes...
View ArticleCatholic Church should share the pain too
If there is one positive thing that has emerged from the economic and debt crisis in Italy is a wide-ranging public debate about who should pay for it. Nothwithstanding the efforts to repress an...
View ArticleBerlusconi and Italy’s ‘financial coup’
By Tom Gill Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi sees conspiracies everywhere. The ‘Communists’ – not the real ones as these are thin on the ground these days – can be found in parliament, in the...
View ArticleTax the rich, says Italian trade union
CGIL, Italy’s largest trade union confederation, has called on the country’s new prime minister Mario Monti to introduce a wealth tax. The tax would hit only affect the top richest 5% in Italy, with...
View ArticleA covert war against women in the workplace
They are the hidden victims of a backward, chauvinist capitalist class, enemy number 1 in a covert war in the workplace. Some 800,000 women are forced out of their jobs every year by unscrupulous and...
View ArticleDon’t vote for ABC!
Giorgio Cremaschi* on the local elections in Italy on May 6-7 In the midst of economic and social crisis and the devastation of the rights and future of workers and unemployed, local elections have...
View ArticleGrillonomics: the ideas behind the Italy’s no.1 political party
Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement have emerged as the single largest party in Italy’s elections held 24-25 February. But what do we know of his policies? Here’s a recent analysis by economist...
View ArticleItaly: Business as usual (actually it’s even worse)
By Francesco Piobbichi Business as usual. European Central Bank Mario Draghi was the real election victor and his victory will allow him to run the country for another six months, on autopilot . The...
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