by Raffaele Crocco
I know a guy with the same name as me, Raffaele. He is an ex-ILVA (the Italian steel company that was one of the biggest steel producers in Europe for most of the 20th century, ed). He...
by Raffaele Crocco
It gives me peace to think that the difference is all there: between those who think that the 25th of April is the day of liberation from fascism and those who for years have talked about it...
by Raffaele Crocco
From a journalist’s perspective, it is an interesting section: it exposes all the many cracks in this thing we call the European Union, which is becoming less and less about unity - about a common house. For...
by Raffaele Crocco
When even China and the Taliban are calling for restraint, well: we need to be worried. The Pakistani bombing of Iran, in response to the Iranian bombing of Pakistan the day before, is the latest in a...
by Raffaele Crocco
It was 1 January. If the first day of the year marks the beginning of something, or at least that’s how it’s perceived, then the 1st of January 1994 really marked the beginning of an adventure. On...
Message from Chief Editor Raffaele Crocco
I wish people will refrain from referring to the ongoing events in Gaza as a “war”. War implies a conflict between armed forces vying for territory, power, wealth or a role. What is happening...
by Raffaele Crocco
Let’s face it, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is getting on in years. It’s now 75 years old, and it shows. Few people think seriously about it. Its principles have become mere rhetoric in the speeches...
by Raffaele Crocco
What can we expect from this COP28, which will occur in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December? Not much good, you might think. It’s not pessimism that leads us to imagine that the results of yet...
by Raffaele Crocco
He raises his fists to the sky, Mimmo Lucano, and shouts. His anger, his fear, his joy, his revenge are all in his gesture. He shouts because he has learned that the Court of Appeal of Reggio...
by Raffaele Crocco
The statement is: Israel has the right to defend itself. And that is indisputable. But there is an additional question, inescapable if one is honest: does it also have the right to defend the territories it has...
