Fifty years ago, 9 November 1965 at 5 a.m., Roger LaPorte set himself on fire in front of the UN building in New York City to protest against the American involvement in the Vietnam war. Margutte wants to celebrate…
Speak Out Against the War
History
Crumbs of Truth (in a story set in Calabria)
FRANCES FAHY The procession of events and people that we term History is, in theory, a defined time, winding steadily away from us back to an unidentified, misty curiosity known as Prehistory. How difficult it is to grasp this ‘defined’…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and…
Mourning the death of human nature
Human nature is dead. Margutte is in mourning because children are separated from their parents at the USA-Mexico borders.
Festival of Trees
RICHARD BERENGARTEN The ‘planting’ of Richard Berengarten’s chant-poem TREE in Margutte, together with translations into other languages, marks the beginning of an ambitious poetry publishing project that has strong ecological relevance and resonances. This roots potentially wide-reaching international prospects and…
Epiphany Balloons
PIERGIORGIA ODERDA ABSTRACT. Balloon pilot John Aimo has a flying school and a club for balloonists in Mondovì. He has organized an international meeting every 6th January since 1981. Pictures by Piergiorgia Oderda http://www.aimoballoons.com/
The Rooms of Chronos
Chronos is the Greek god of time, therefore we have put under his protection the column dealing with History and Utopia.