Remembering Maria Margotti (1915-1949)
A rice worker, a partisan, a woman, a mother, Maria Margotti was killed sixty years ago by carabinieri during a strike on May 17, 1949.
May 16, 2009
Remembering Maria Margotti (1915-1949)
"Per te mondina" (Cgil-funded pamphlet)
Eulogy for Maria Margotti, fallen mondina, May 17, 1949
A rice worker, a partisan, a woman, a mother, Maria Margotti was killed sixty years ago by carabinieri during a strike on May 17, 1949.
Intervista a Marco Baliani. L’emergenza ambientale oggi cavallo di battaglia per milioni di giovani
Baliani dopo il suo spettacolo newyorkese" Corpo di stato", recitato alla casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò della NYU. "Portare a New York questo spettacolo ha voluto dire far toccare a spettatori lontani nel tempo e nello spazio dalle vicende narrate , quel clima, l’atmosfera e le tensioni degli anni 70, un pezzo di storia del nostro paese, ma anche far sentire la sincerità di un racconto personale..."
Be Italian: Trailer for Rob Marshall's 'Nine'
CINEMATICAL. Now I know I'm not the only one who is fascinated by the prospect of watching the great Daniel Day Lewis singing and dancing in Rob Marshall's Nine. But the first trailer has been released on Apple (Read the article)
Francis Ford Coppola returned to the Cannes Film Festival. 'Tetro' reviews roundup
LOS ANGELES TIMES. Francis Ford Coppola returned to the Cannes Film Festival with his self-financed film, "Tetro." As the first film to go before the critics at the fest, Coppola's film faces a tough crowd. But the legendary director is also beloved in Cannes, so how did his latest film fare? A brief roundup of reactions. (Read the article)
Sardinians unlock 'sardonic grin'. Homer's death- defying laugh linked to island plant
ANSA. Sardinian scientists believe they've traced the roots of the 'death-defying' sardonic grin to a plant commonly found on the Italian island. (Read the article)
Fiat workers to converge on Turin. Unions want to know more about expansion plans
ANSA. Workers from Fiat's plants throughout Italy will converge Saturday on Turin, where the carmaker has its headquarters, to demand to know more about Fiat's expansion plans and protest against any possible factory closings and job cuts. (Read the article)
Susanna Agnelli, member of Italy's Fiat dynasty, dies aged 87
REUTERS. Susanna Agnelli, a scion of the Agnelli family which controls Italian car maker FIAT and Italy's only female foreign minister, died on Friday at a hospital in Rome. She was 87. (Read the article)
Marco Calliari. Senza frontiere per un cantante figlio di emigranti
Marco Calliari presenterà il nuovo album “Italia” (Putamayo) il 18 Maggio al Joe’s Pub. Si tratta di una collaborazione tra i maggiori cantanti e cantautori italiani, un omaggio ai classici nazionali degli anni ’50. Marco è nato e cresciuto in Canada, ma si definisce un “artista italiano”. Con noi ha parlato del suo rapporto con l’Italia e del legame profondo che lo lega alla sua terra d’origine
Venice puts fizz into tap water. Discounted carbonators for 'the mayor's water'
ANSA. Venice is fizzing up its campaign to persuade citizens to move from bottled to tap water.
The city's water utility, Veritas, is offering residents a ten-euro discount on carbonators that put bubbles into tap water. (Read the article)
Web help for medieval pilgrim route. Site to provide guidance along Via Francigena
ANSA. Modern hikers following a medieval route once used by pilgrims travelling from Canterbury to Rome are to get an international web portal to help them en route. The new site will provide detailed guidance on the 1,000-kilometre Italian stretch of the Via Francigena, running from the Valle d'Aosta to Lazio. (Read the article)
ITALY'S GDP DROP WORST SINCE 1980. Berlusconi says fall was expected, situation will improve
ANSA. Italy's GDP plummeted 5.9% in the first quarter of the year, over the same period in 2008, but Premier Silvio Berlusconi said the drop had been expected and the situation would gradually improve during the course of the year. (Read the article)
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