IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Politicising
By Guido Vitale
“The Polish government, led by Law and Justice, a radical nationalist party, appears intent on politicising historical discussion — and even criminalising it.” (The Economist – April 8th 2016)…
Editorial
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Bis hier: Freiheit. Dort: Sklaverei
By Guido Vitale
“Noch bevor wir mit dem Interview beginnen, lassen Sie mich sagen, wie sehr ich Axel Springer schätzte. Mein Vater traf ihn, kurz nachdem mein Bruder bei der Gei-selbefreiungsoperation in Entebbe 1976 gefallen war. Sie trafen sich in …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Life in Venice
By Guido Vitale
“There is no normal life in Venice. Here everything and everyone floats”. (Peggy Guggenheim)…
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Una interpretación perniciosa
By Guido Vitale
Identificar «los movimientos sectarios y las corrientes totalitarias» como una «interpretación perniciosa y distorsionada» del islam. Detectar el lenguaje del fanatismo. Reconocer «en qué momento un individuo se identifica con el radicalismo violento» o valorar la importancia …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW More Open
By Guido Vitale
“The Venice ghetto was always more open to the city than the Roman ghetto, which was beset by the conversion mania of the church”. (Riccardo Calimani, The New York Times)…
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Not an Easy Place
By Guido Vitale
“The ghetto is not an easy place; it does not produce a clear-cut message nor does it have the arresting beauty of the rest of Venice”. (Shaul Bassi, The Jewish Chronicle)…
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Militant Energies
By Guido Vitale
“With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the retreat of Marxist socialism around the world, militant energies have needed somewhere to go. The battle against inequalities under liberal capitalism has mobilised some of that passion, but …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW The Enemy
By Guido Vitale
“It is a weak identity that creates the need for an enemy” (Umberto Eco – Pagine Ebraiche)…
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Les juifs sont forts
By Guido Vitale
“Les juifs sont forts, voilà la vérité. Oui. D’abord parce qu’ils ont, eux qui ont toujours été si seuls, des alliés solides – à commencer par les chrétiens. Ensuite parce que leurs ennemis sont idiots, illettrés, véritables …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Croire, savoir
By Guido Vitale
“Il n’est pas demandé de croire, mais de savoir” (Bernard Henry-Lévy)…