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Italy in confinement, working classes suffering

Nadia De Mond — 2020-03-16T06:06:07Z

The development of the Covid-19 epidemic has been strongest in Italy, the first country to be put completely into severe quarantine. Anti-capitalists are beginning to develop demands and actions. For a broad range of articles on the topic consult ESSF (Europe Solidaires Sans Frontières) under the keyword coronavirus.

- IV542 - March 2020 / Italy, Covid-19 Pandemic

RiMaflow, an exemplary workers' struggle of the 21st century

Nadia De Mond — 2018-10-17T16:16:50Z

RiMaflow is located in the declining industrial belt around Milan, in Trezzano sul Naviglio. "Ri" (re-) because it was the workers of the former metal factory Maflow who restarted it after its last owner, Boryszew SA, relocated its activity in 2012.

- IV525 - October 2018 / Italy

“This generation expresses a feminism that is much more intersectional”

Laia Facet, Nadia De Mond — 2017-09-08T05:42:54Z

The opportunity for this interview arose at a women's seminar at the International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam. In a gap in the busy schedule of debates and working commissions dedicated to analysing the most recent cycle of feminist mobilizations, Laia Facet spoke to Nadia de Mond, a member of Communia in Milan and a feminist activist, to review the latest international initiatives of the movement, recent political events in Italy and the prospects for this new emerging feminism.

- IV512 - September 2017 / Italy, Women

A new feminist movement in Italy is on the move

Nadia De Mond — 2017-05-30T05:02:29Z

“We are likely witnessing the birth of a new feminist movement on an international level. Of course, this doesn't mean that we have a feminist movement everywhere. The International Women's Strike was joined by fifty countries, but participation in the strike was uneven among the various countries: Poland, Argentina, Italy, Spain, Ireland, and Turkey had among the largest demonstrations. In other countries the strike had great media visibility and we may be witnessing the first steps in the reconstruction of a strong and large anti-capitalist feminist current and mobilization...”. (Cinzia Arruzza in “Feminists are currently leading the way”.)

- IV508 - May 2017 / Italy, Women

In women's liberation the first step is self-consciousness

Luke Cooper, Nadia De Mond — 2013-09-02T07:17:08Z

Nadia De Mond is a feminist writer and militant living in Italy. Nadia was, until its recent dissolution, a member of the radical left party, Sinistra Critica. She remains a militant of the Fourth International (FI) and member of its International Women's Commission. At the international youth camp organised by the FI in Greece in August 2013, Luke Cooper spoke to her about the role of feminist theory and practice in the renewal of Marxism.

- Sexual politics / Women, Features

World March of Women in Istanbul

Nadia De Mond — 2010-07-13T15:16:57Z

During the two days before the European Social Forum opened in Istanbul at the beginning of July, the World March of Women held its own but linked initiative. International Viewpoint received this short report.

- IV426 - July 2010 / Women, Turkey, Global Justice

ESF: feminism and the movement

Nadia De Mond — 2003-11-18T00:00:00Z

Why a women's day at the European Social Forum (ESF)? The idea of organizing a whole day of women's debates inside the ESF emerged in the context of the limited space for discussion in workshops or in seminars provided by the first ESF at Florence.

- IV354 - November 2003 / Europe, Women, Social Forum