Stories and News

Stories and News No. 1260 They look like us, is this all our European longing for peace? I don't even want to think about it. But then I read and reflect. I read about the CBS reporter who states that Ukraine "is not a country, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan, that has seen conflicts raging for decades. This is a relatively civilized, relatively European land, a country where you would not expect it, or would hope for it to happen. " The former Deputy Attorney General of Ukraine, speaking of the invasion, who candidly declared to the BBC: "It is very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blond hair... being killed every day." But not only that, a French journalist on French TV: “We are not talking about Syrians fleeing the bombings of the Putin-backed regime. We are talking about Europeans who leave with cars that look like ours to save their lives." And the Telegraph reporter: “They look so similar to us. This...

Stories and News No. 1202   I can't breathe. Maybe because I just can’t or someone has decided, judged and sentenced that my life has come to an end. This may happen right now, but not suddenly, since there is nothing new in this legalized and generally tolerated misdeed. I cannot breathe were George Floyd’s last words on this earth. But he was not the first and sadly will not be the last to be killed with impunity, in spite of all human decency, even before its legal basis. #Icantbreathe is also a viral and passionate hashtag, to vent outrage and claim justice on the digital collective blackboard. I can't breathe became we can't suffer that without pushing back. it is the angry scream of a portion of humanity with the wrong melanin only a mad, pale look; citizens like the others on the paper, who overturn their resentment to the State they belong to, but that insists on institutionally raping them; since it does every holy day since it kidnapped their ance...

Stories and News No. 1117 Michelle Bachelet , UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , has recently declared that she wants to send staff to Italy to evaluate the reported strong increase in acts of violence and racism against migrants, African descent’s and Roma people". Italian government has rejected accusations, threatening also a punitive cut of funds at the United Nations. I think this is a global problem. So, regardless of where you live, Italian or not, I offer you a sort of guided meditation text . First of all, find someone who can read, able to give the right volume, tone and intensity to the voice. It is not essential to be a professional. Someone you like to listen to might be perfect. Maybe the person you love and the magic will be complete. Done? Well, let her or him read the following words. Let’s start, just like that. We will take a journey inside ourselves, since it's there that the best answers are hidden and some of them are closer to the trut...

Stories and News No. 1063 According to a Washington Post report, after being presented with a proposal to restore protections for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and some African nations - as part of a bipartisan immigration agreement, President Trump said : " Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here? " Well, there is only one way to reply to those who have no sense of past history and of the many, small living stories surviving around us... Shithole countries... Thank you, US president. Thank you so much on behalf of the aforementioned countries, for the certainly unintentional compliment. As you well know , the first shitholes were invented about three thousand years before Christ . It seems that the most advanced ones date back to 2800 BC. in the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro, in Pakistan, a country that you particularly loved. Other pioneers shitholes were found in Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland, and date back to a period from 3100 t...