G8 Done in l’Aquila
13 Jul 2009 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: alterglobalization, Berlusconi, G8, George Clooney, Giorgio Napoletano, globalization, L'Aquila, Obama, Pope Benedict XVI, Qadaffi
Incredible hours we are living these days in Europe, in Italy: the G8 meeting in an earthquake site in L’Aquila, violent hailstorms paralyzing traffic in Milan, a Michael Jackson memorial in front of the Gothic church Il Duomo. Nothing seems too weird, as if different worlds have accumulated in these moments of economic, cultural and climatic collapse.
With the big slogan designed on the ground: YES WE CAMP, the G8 meeting in L’Aquila had started: judged by the Guardian and New York Times as rather dubious, since it was organized by the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlsusconi. Lately, Berlusconi has been covering the front pages of international press because of his lascivious partying with call girls and underage girls. All of a sudden, he is hosting this rather politically unpopular G8 meeting of the world superpowers. Nowadays the aging G8 promoted to be the G14, Including ambitious candidates for a globalized world such as Brazil, India, Mexico. More
La terra trema
09 Apr 2009 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Berlusconi, L'Aquila
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/08/jasmina-tesanovic-ea.html
na srpskom, in English
Ovde u severnoj Italiji, prespavali smo veliki zemljotres u Akvili koja je lep stari mali grad sada potpuno u rušrevinama. Moj agent, njegova žena i mačka bili su u Rimu, sto kilometara od epicentra. Skočio je iz kreveta rano ujutru 6. aprila. Telefonirao mi je nekoliko sati kasnije: ovo je kao bombardovanje, kaže. Dok ovo pišem, gledam RAI2 kanal: pričaju o prirodnim nepogodama i dva nova snažna potresa drmaju njihovu TV ekipu. Dve zgrade u Akvili, od mnogih istorijskih renesansnih i baroknih kuća – stenju i do pola se urušavaju. TV ekipa se prebacuje na bezbednije mesto. More
