-
Guerra. Paradigma del patriarcato
DISCLAIMERQuesto intervento è stato tenuto l’10 febbraio 2023 nel contesto del convegno ‘Il Futuro Imprevisto. Genere, sessualità, politiche’. Il convegno, durato dal 9 all’11 febbraio e tenutosi all’Università di Genova, è stato organizzato da GIFTS – Rete di studi di Genere, Intersex, Femministi, Transfemministi e sulla Sessualità, Scuola di Scienze Sociali UniGe, About Gender –…
-
One Year Later: NATO’s New Strategy for Europe
A year after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, NATO wants to adopt a different strategy along its borders. The change regards a deterrence mechanism based on the advanced defence of Eastern Europe, with battalions of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, vehicles and logistical support, stationed along the entire Europe-Russia border. NATO wants to…
-
Criminals at War. The New Internal Fight in Moscow
The victory in Soledar – a small town of 10,000 inhabitants before the war, now nearly destroyed by Russian bombing – represents for the Russian command more a propaganda value than a strategic one: it is the first advance in six months, to be given to a supreme commander who grew up in the “Soviet…
-
A New Russian Mobilisation: Costs and Defeats
The Kremlin’s decision to annex the currently occupied Ukrainian regions to Russia, as well as the “partial” mobilisation now in full force, are measures that came at a particularly difficult time for the Russian army. Indeed, the latest events on the battlefield seem to confirm the military dynamic established in September, with the sudden retreat…
-
May Day 2023
In France, People were protesting for months against the new pensions reform. Rioters and police officers in full anti-riot gear clashed once again on May Day in the streets of Paris.
-
‘I won’t fight’. Conscientious Objection in Russia and Ukraine
This article is based on a conversation with Daniele Taurino, activist of the Italian Nonviolent Movement. Conscientious objection is a recognised worldwide right, already in use during the Second World War (think of Hacksaw Ridge). Little publicised by nation-states, which have no interest in anti-militarist propaganda, or in suggesting the existence of other ways…
-
What is the Role of Military Industries in Climate Change? A Rapid Overview with some Examples.
DISCLAIMER This speech was presented on 1st December 2022 at the Sustainable Societies, Sustainable Communities organised by the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law. The speech had to be a maximum of 2 minutes long, but the following paper is slightly extended. With the academic purpose of this speech I want to personally support…