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  •  | Spaniards | MR Online

    Spanish citizens revolt: ‘Less tourism, more life’

    Originally published: Il manifesto on July 31, 2024 by Marco Santopadre (more by Il manifesto)  | (Posted Aug 03, 2024)

    Spaniards across the country are protesting against the uncontrolled influx of tourists that has caused a collapse in quality of life, a jump in housing prices and a rise in the cost of basic necessities.

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    This is truly a new political fact: particularly on the issue of war, but not only, the 20-year-olds are coming back on the scene.

  •  | University professors and activists are calling on the Italian government to cancel joint research funding with Israel unless the country ceases its bombardment of Palestinian civilians | MR Online

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    Originally published: Il manifesto on April 13, 2024 by Andrea Capocci (more by Il manifesto)  | (Posted Apr 15, 2024)

    University professors and activists are calling on the Italian government to cancel joint research funding with Israel unless the country ceases its bombardment of Palestinian civilians.

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    Since October, Gaza has been an internet black hole. But the Italian NGO ACS has helped build a network of e-SIM internet hotspots known as the Gazaweb.

  •  | Mattarella scolded the police who beat schoolchildren protesting Gaza genocide | MR Online

    Mattarella scolded the police who beat schoolchildren protesting Gaza genocide

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    Originally published: Il manifesto on November 27, 2023 by Lidia Ginestra Giuffrida (more by Il manifesto)  | (Posted Nov 30, 2023)

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    Originally published: Il manifesto on October 13, 2021 by Norma Rangeri (more by Il manifesto)  | (Posted Oct 15, 2021)

    Here is the “eternal fascism” that Umberto Eco warned us against, when he explicated the symptoms of the virus that made Italy the incubator, and then the European model, of an anti-parliamentary regime, violent, anti-freedom, anti-Semitic and warmongering.

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