War is never about who is right or who is wrong, who started it or who finished it: it is always about the children. As always, Dina Ferri uses her voice to speak for those who have no voice. Dina Ferri Siena, 29 marzo 1927. Povero bimbo! Tu eri felice, perché ignoravi…Read more Dina Ferri: Abbandonato/ Abandoned
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Liberation Day, #25aprile: Ungaretti, Pertini, Spagnolli, Lussu, Biagi, Sciascia, Fallaci, Calamandrei, Ginzburg, Fenoglio, Bobbio, Bocca.
“Fascism is not an opinion: it’s a crime.”- Sandro Pertini On April 25, 1945, the Allied troops liberated Italy from the Nazi occupation and fascism. After September 1943, partisan Resistance groups were active throughout northern and much of central Italy. They were most active in summer in the hills and mountains, but also in many…Read more Liberation Day, #25aprile: Ungaretti, Pertini, Spagnolli, Lussu, Biagi, Sciascia, Fallaci, Calamandrei, Ginzburg, Fenoglio, Bobbio, Bocca.
Edmondo De Amicis: Cuore / Heart
"You have to conquer sorrow? Conquer the least sacred, the least purifying part of that sorrow, the part that weakens, that lowers your soul instead of enlightening it. The other part of your sorrow, however, the noble part, that must stay with you and never leave." CUOREEDMONDO DE AMICISGiuseppe Mazzini29, sabatoAnche questa mattina Garrone venne…Read more Edmondo De Amicis: Cuore / Heart
Maria Messina: Camilla, from the collection Sicilian girls
Maria Messina’s writing is dedicated to those who, in her experience, were considered to be of little importance in early 20th century society: women. She was a woman writing about the silence around other women, most likely because she knew no one else would. She was, in the words of Leonardo Sciascia, the Sicilian Mansfield.…Read more Maria Messina: Camilla, from the collection Sicilian girls
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