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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Tariq Ali argues that "The government crisis in Italy over US bases and Afghanistan reflects the increasing gap in Europe between rulers and ruled"
The full article is at this link :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,202227....html
Franco Turigliatto expelled from Communist Refoundation
http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1225
Note :
Franco Turigliatto has resigned form the Italian Senate - a poor decision which I cannot understand - the explanation in his open letter does not make any sense to me.
Statement from the Critical Left Current :
http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1229
See also "The Comrade Cappelloni Guido" - history repeating itself :
Loris Campetti, who wrote the article at the link below "was a member of Il Manifesto and was himself expelled from the Communist Party in 1970. He wrote this article for Il Manifesto, 37 years later..."
"it just so happens that the comrade who brought clarity to my mind (and hygiene to the Party) 37 years ago was called Guido Cappelloni. And it just to happens that the comrade who summoned Turigliatto is also called Guido Cappelloni....
http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article5234
I support the comrade John's postings here.
Any chance of you making comment on Irish left developments that you be doing.
A very encouraging report is here :
http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?page=print_a...=1253
it's clear most of the Rifondazione has sold its soul to Prodi.
I welcome the Sinistra Critical call on Franco Turigliatto to withdraw his senseless resignation from the Italian Senate.
Spot On :
"It is true that the difficult question of government in a capitalist country is decisive: to underestimate it after all that has happened in Brazil and Italy could be a fatal error."
The full article is here :
http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?page=print_a...=1255
That is why it is necessary to only support left candidates in Ireland who are against, in advance of the general election on May 24, any governmental coalition with the right or side deals.
Just like Ireland, where the Green Party has surrendered to the right by entering a coalition government, the Italian PRC(Rifondazione) has moved sharply to the right - but in Italy the left wing of the party has reorganised independently. Some ex-Rifondazione members of the Italian parliament are walking :
the full story is here :
http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?page=print_a...=1282