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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionGiulio Regeni’s murder speaks the truth about Egypt – and Europe too
France and Italy promote democracy and human rights while selling more and more arms to Egypt, where the student was...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureWhy this Italian MP launched a book-long protest against patriarchy
Laura Boldrini has been fighting for women’s rights and against sexism for years. Her new book demands both outrage...
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Published in: Global Extremes: AnalysisWhy do women join radical-Right parties?
An increasing number of European women are viewing radical-Right parties as representing their interests, despite...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘We were revolutionaries’: Angelo Pezzana, founder of Italy’s first LGBT movement
Gay Italians gained a voice in the early 1970s thanks to FUORI!, founded 50 years ago in Turin – though struggles...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionOn immigration, Britain’s Tories sound a lot like the Italian far Right
In both countries, popular language conceals seemingly racist ideologies while threat is manufactured for public consumption
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Published in: Migrant Futures: OpinionItaly’s problem is not labour shortages, but a shortage of workers’ rights
The country’s scheme to regularise the status of its undocumented migrant workers, prompted by the pandemic, has...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: OpinionAt the next election, Italians have two options: Right or further Right?
The quick ascent of the Brothers of Italy party has surprised analysts and raised questions about fascism
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Published in: 50.50: Review‘The only Black person in the room’: The truth about racism in Italy
This is a translated excerpt from Nadeesha Uyangoda’s memoir about what life is like for a person of colour in Italy...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: ReviewBiography of an island: multifaceted Sicily
Jamie Mackay’s ‘The Invention of Sicily’ is a wild and breezy ride through one of the most unique and alluring...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisEurope’s elderly care problem
Europe’s care homes have seldom been out of the news during the COVID crisis. Why is this sector so understaffed and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionMediterranean carcerality and acts of escape
In recent years, migrants seeking refuge in Europe have faced capture and containment in the Mediterranean – the...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisWhy the rise of Giorgia Meloni is anything but business as usual for Italy
The far-Right’s latest figurehead threatens to send Italy down a dangerous authoritarian path we’ve seen elsewhere in Europe
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Published in: 50.50: NewsEsclusivo: L’Italia spinge per un ruolo permanente del Vaticano nei dibattiti ONU sulla salute
I critici affermano che dare alla Santa Sede un seggio fisso all'Assemblea mondiale della sanità potrebbe mettere in...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsExclusive: Italy pushes for permanent Vatican role in UN health talks
Critics say that giving the Holy See a fixed seat at the World Health Assembly could endanger sexual and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisData journalism as tested by the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Italy
The pandemic is without doubt the most data-driven event that has ever occurred
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Central Alps: The convenient erasure of history
A Second World War bunker in northern Italy has just been demolished despite its importance as a reminder of the...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsNot so ‘macho’ now? Fewer Italians than Swedes hold anti-feminist views, survey says
New research from anti-extremism charities reveals ‘unexpected patterns’ of opinions towards feminism across Europe
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What is offensive is these governments’ housing arrangements for asylum seekers
Brexit or not, Britain has a lot in common with the continent in terms of hostility to ‘outsiders’
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhat’s at stake for women in Italy’s political crisis
Matteo Salvini says the ‘Italy of the future’ must restrict abortions – but they are already hard to access. We...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Lifting lockdown – a tragedy of the commons
The problem with the way the Italian government manages the transition from lockdown to a lower degree of emergency...