News - 14 Luglio 2020 Social Collision and Protest: 1968 vs. 2020. Have We Learned Anything Yet? Comparisons can only go so far; we must also consider the differences. 1968 was the era of the expansion of liberal ideology in all areas: human relations, civil rights, sexual identity, anti-war, ecology. Today, in the era of Trump, the US seems to promote the expansion of reactionary/fascist ideology. Witness the rise of Trump clones such as Matteo Salvini, Jair Bolsonaro, Narendra Modi and Boris Johnson.
Primo Piano - 3 Luglio 2020 Il perseguimento della felicità di tutti gli americani continuerà, nonostante Trump Mentre gli Stati Uniti vengono infestati dall'epidemia di Covid-19 anche per le colpe di una amministrazione Trump incapace di leadership nelle guide per il contenimento, la nazione si appresta a celebrare la festa dell'indipendenza nei giorni in cui la sua storia di schiavismo e razzismo si dibatte all'ombra delle statue di Thomas Jefferson e George Washington. Eppure la promessa del "Pursuit of Happiness" resta viva
New York - 26 Giugno 2020 Occupy City Hall: Protesters Watching Over the NYC Budget The plan to stay on site might present logistical difficulties, but up to now, they have been able to fulfill all their needs. A line of volunteers stands at tables full of useful objects—masks, sunscreen…all ready to hand out. Next to the tables, a stock of larger items (i.e. sleeping bags) and an impressive supply of water bottles and snacks that despite the crowd, are lasting. Provisions arrive thanks to the online appeals to their supporters. Wednesday afternoon VOCAL-NY informed their supporters that they were so well provided that they have no need of more.
News - 15 Giugno 2020 Enough Is Enough! Celebrities Show their Faces Once and for All Against Racism Democracy is participation and it is a fact that often ‘who says what’ is far more important than the content of the message itself. That’s why it has never been so essential that noted figures and celebrities overtly take the right side. Barack Obama to young people: “As scary and uncertain as these times may be, they are also a wake-up call and they're an incredible opportunity for your generation”. Now an endless lineup of Very Important People adds up to the thousands and thousands of voices on the streets that scream “No Justice No Peace”.
News - 13 Giugno 2020 Social Unrest in America: The Police as a Force for Armed Counter-reformation The American mainstream media and establishment politicians have struggled to identify the police for what they are: well-armed counter-protesters. Thousands of people across the country have rallied in the streets to call for the end of policing itself while the prevailing narrative insists that the cops are necessary at these protests to “protect”... something
News - 12 Giugno 2020 NIAF Protests the Destruction of Christopher Columbus Statues in the US (Washington, D.C. – June 12, 2020) – The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Board of Directors are united in their protest of the vandalization of the Christopher Columbus statues in Boston, Mass.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Richmond, Va.; and many other cities. There are also petitions to remove the Christopher Columbus statues in New York City and […]
News - 12 Giugno 2020 Megalomania and Greed: These Are Trump’s Calling Cards The division that has rent this country in ways that feel unforgivable will have to be forgiven. The country is divided, but not geographically; our neighbors will still be our neighbors, our friends will (maybe) still be our friends. Our family will still be our family. We will all have to work together.
Arts - 12 Giugno 2020 In the Midst of the Protesters in New York, I Saw An Image of the Coming Changes In Italiano I was at home, where I have been for most of my time from the end of February until today, when watching the news, I learned of the murder of George Floyd, a black man from Minnesota, killed by a white police officer. The video revealed a police officer, Derek Chauvin, pressing his knee […]
New York - 11 Giugno 2020 Covid-19, Protests and Urban Crowding: What is the Forecast for NYC Real Estate? Many fled after 9/11, but history showed that they returned. Using the past as a guide, New York City real estate is typically the last to plunge and the first to regain momentum. Our hope is that we will be better and more diverse, greener and more aware of the mandate to reduce fossil fuel and for many urban dwellers, to resort to rooftop gardens for produce.
News - 8 Giugno 2020 The Greatest Display of Civility? Respect the Sacrifices Made During the Lockdown From a scientific perspective, there is no practical explanation to pass from a state of total lockdown to one of total freedom. In fact, the spread of Covid-19 is on the rise in the US and will be also in New York.