Marking 50 years
Founded by expelled PCI members, Il Manifesto has successfully outlived its rivals. Toby Abse praises the consistent anti-capitalism and pans the Maoist absurdities
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Founded by expelled PCI members, Il Manifesto has successfully outlived its rivals. Toby Abse praises the consistent anti-capitalism and pans the Maoist absurdities
Wanted in Rome 13 Mar, 2021 The kidnapping and murder of Italy's former Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the terrorist group Brigate Rosse. On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, former Italian Prime Minister and president of the Christian Democracy, was kidnapped. The kidnapping occurred in Via Mario Fani in Rome, by far-left terrorist organization the Red Brigades. The attackers gunned down Moro's five personal bodyguards before taking him hostage. Then, on 9 May 1978, after 55 days of disputes, extensive searches, and proposed compromises, Moro was killed. His body was found in the back of a red R...
In the 19th article in a series on 20th-century artists who shaped Maltese modernism, Joseph Agius delves into the life and times of Frans Galea Sculptor Frans Galea (1945-1994) belongs to an elite group of Maltese sculptors that Malta lost at a relatively young age. Banda (1977) Edward Pirotta (1939-1968), Joseph M. Genuis (1934-1970) and Toni Pace (1930-1989) and Galea have all contributed considerably to the modernist development of Maltese 20th-century sculpture. Yet, their untimely demise has deprived Maltese art history of oeuvres that would have much further enhanced the country’s ...
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is a far-left group and the second-largest faction in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which is considered the official “voice” of the Palestinian people and whose chairman is Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. While the PFLP’s influence over the Palestinian people has ebbed and flowed, its armed wing is experiencing a rapid revival predominantly due to Iranian support. Since its inception, the PFLP has orchestrated several attacks globally as well as many targeting Israeli civilians and soldiers, and ha...