The far-right in Ukraine are acting as the vanguard of a protest movement that is being reported as pro-democracy. The situation on the ground is not as simple as pro-EU and trade versus pro-Putin and Russian hegemony in the region.
When US Senator John McCain dined with Ukraine’s opposition leaders in December, he shared a table and later a stage with the leader of the extreme far-right Svoboda party Oleh Tyahnybok.
This is Oleh Tyahnybok, he has claimed a "Moscow-Jewish mafia" rule (…)
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Neo-Nazis and far-right protesters in Ukraine 3 live-stream
24 January 2014 par (Open-Publishing)
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Hugo Chavez is dead (video live)
6 March 2013 par Collective BELLACIAO (Open-Publishing)
1 commentPresident Hugo Chavez companeros venezueliano died after a long battle with cancer.
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BELLACIAO ATHENS: Media control and freedom of speech, Italy before and after Berlusconi
4 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsThursday 4th of May from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm at the ESF in Athens Room S 208 screening of of the Italian film by Sabina Guzzanti
followed by a debate on
"Media control and freedom of speech: Italy before and after Berlusconi"
organised by Collettivo Bellaciao with: Luciana Castellina (co-founder of Il Manifesto, author, reviewer) Gigi Sullo (director of the weekly Carta) Doriana Goracci (Women in Black, Bellaciao Italia) Cecchino Antonini (journalist, Liberazione) Angelo Mastrandrea (…) -
Italian Election: Berlusconi and his fascist and populist allies have to be defeated
24 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsInterview with Mariangela Casalucci
Italy shortly goes to the polls. This is a vital election, and the left parties, Rifondazione Comunista and Partito dei Comunisti Italiani are participating in Romano Prodi’s L’Unione coalition in an attempt to defeat Berlusconi.
Socialist Unity Network spoke to British based Italian activist, Mariangela Casalucci.
- Socialist Unity Network: Can you briefly explain your own political background?
Mariangela Casalucci I am a member of Rifondazione (…) -
A call from the Collettivo Bellaciao General election in Italy
24 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
On the 9th of April there will be the general election in Italy.
For the first time Italians living abroad can use a postal vote to participate in the election and vote for constituency representatives, and one of the constituencies is Europe.
In this election there will be a coalition of the parties in the left (DS, Margherita, Italian Comunists, Rifondazione Comunista, Democratic Socialist and Green) called UNIONE which has as the prime mininster candidate Romano Prodi. You will find (…) -
Let’s cut trough this deafening silence!
21 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
BellaCiao Collective UK
A violent attack is underway in Italy against the law n. 194 which regards the ‘norms protecting maternity and voluntary pregnancy termination’. The attempt is to curb the rights of women to self-determination and to diminish the responsibility women have long exercised and demonstrated in procreation.
We believe the 194 is a good law which enables women to use their freedom responsibly.
We believe this law has not boosted abortion but has granted the support (…) -
Urgent Stop Charity Mutebwa’s deportation to Uganda
13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 comment"I stopped eating because I was given a removal letter which was to take me back to Uganda it was on 16 August which was stopped by my solicitor. Today I was given another removal letter to remove me on 18 October.
"I need you to intervene and help me. I have explained to Immigration my whole story - that I have no home, my family has died and no one to help me in Uganda and that I was tortured and raped.
"I escaped from government detention and I am not safe if I return to Uganda. (…) -
"This is not ’streamlining’ the appeal system as the government claims. It is subverting and stackin
12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentAppeals Clauses of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005
by bellaciao GB
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is anxious to inform affected agencies and individuals about the changes to immigration appeals in the latest immigration legislation, the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005, which is currently being considered by Parliament.
The government gave no hint of their intention to make the proposed changes. They have not explained the full (…) -
Bellaciao GB - A message to all Italians in the UK and to their British friends
11 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
Dear friends, we would like to ask your help in disseminating this message. There will be elections in Italy on the 6th of April 2006, and in preparation for this the coalition of the left is holding primaries to choose the candidate who will run against Berlusconi.
We recently formed the Bellaciao Collective of Great Britain, a group dedicated to supporting the political activities of the progressive sections of the Italian diaspora in the UK (more on the group at the end of this (…) -
Pietro Ingrao and Haidi Giuliani : we support Bertinotti’s candidature in the primaries
8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
by Pietro Ingrao and Haidi Giuliani
Beat Berlusconi! Defeat the centre-right policies which have been wrecking our country for the last four years. Set up an alternative way of governing which will also bring about a real renewal in Italian politics, culture and democracy. These are now the priorities we agree on, despite the diversity of our history and opinions. This is why we are committed to a Union victory in the 2006 elections: an alliance unprecedented in the history of Italy - one (…)