Matteo salvini

The far-right may be gaining ground, but they do not yet represent public opinion, neither is their ascendancy inevitable.

We call for the immediate release of the mayor of Riace, Mimmo Lucano. We stand with him for an open, humanist and democratic Europe! On Tuesday, 2nd October, we have learned that there are many treats to solidarity. One of them: deprivation of freedom. What we now know is that, Mimmo Lucano, the mayor of […]

Text by Francesco M. Bassano Photos by Giacomo Sini Today the mayor of Riace Mimmo Lucano has been arrested by the Public Prosecutor Office of Locri. He is accused of facilitating illegal immigration and illegal activities in the direct award of the waste collection services. The Italian city of Riace had become a global symbol of […]

JUDITH SUNDERLAND After almost three months of jumping up and down in place, the newly invested Italian interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has hit the ground running in the worst possible direction. The head of the anti-immigrant party, the League, Salvini has positioned himself as the strongman in the unlikely coalition government recently formed with the […]