Protests against the imposition of COVID-19 ‘green’ vaccine passports in all workplaces in Italy. My live interview on GB NEWS
After the imposition of COVID-19 ‘green’ vaccine passports in all workplaces in Italy on 15 October 2021, strikes and protests against these have been widespread over the weekend. On 18 October, about 4,000 peaceful protestors in the port of Trieste were attacked with water canons and tear gas by police. The protestors moved to the … Continue reading
‘Opposition is growing against Italy’s heavy-handed imposition of mandatory Covid vaccine passes for ALL workplaces.’ My article published by RT
Approximately 7,000 port workers in Trieste protesting against new rules requiring Italy’s COVID-19 vaccine green pass in workplaces On 15 October 2021, protests and strikes broke out across Italy against the government’s new law that all employees are checked in all workplaces to see if they the COVID-19 vaccine green pass. Protestors blocked ports for … Continue reading
Sportscast of Ideas podcast about England and Italy before the football Euro final. Comments by others and me.
This discussion was held on Zoom on 8 July 2021 and broadcast on 9 July before the final of the UEFA European football championship, which was postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We reflected on recent matches and made some prediction for the final before it was scheduled for 11 July … Continue reading
‘Italy’s populists have betrayed their voters’. My article on politics in Italy, democracy, the EU and responses to COVID-19 published by spiked-online.
This article was published on 19 April 2021. In addition to the political realignments happening in Italy, the current government has now ramped up the largest public debt in the EU and the highest budget deficit in the EU as a percentage of GDP. The EU will not save Italy from the coming storm and … Continue reading
Italy’s government decrees on shipping and cruise ships in Venice include more poor decision-making
Were the government decrees on shipping and Venice issued late on 31 March 2021 and on 1 April 2021 rushed through before the Easter break? When I read about them on 1 April, I thought they were April Fools’ Day jokes. The decree issued on 31 March calls for public consultations and sanctions €2.2 million … Continue reading
‘The Italian government is on the brink.’ My article about the political crisis in Italy published by @spikedonline
This article was published on the afternoon of Monday 18 January 2020 before a vote of confidence in the government in the lower house of parliament later that day. The government won that vote by 321 to 259 votes. But it faced a tougher vote of confidence in the upper house of parliament on 19 … Continue reading
‘Sport Locked Down.’ My Foreword to ‘The Erosion of the American Sporting Ethos … Reconsidered’, by J.N. Rosen, published by TSI Press on 1 January 2021.
This work examines American sport from its traditional roots to the influence of the 1960s-era counterculture and the rise of a post-Cold War ethos that reinterprets competition as a relic of a misbegotten past and anathema to American life. My foreword also considers how sport has been managed internationally in response to the COVID-19 virus. … Continue reading
‘Lockdown is adding salt to Italy’s wounds’. How Italy’s government is making Italians suffer due to its responses to #Covid-19. My article published by @spikedonline
On 26 November 2020, Spiked-online published my article on how Italians have suffered from Italy’s national lockdowns and the government’s responses to Covid-19. It can be accessed by clicking on this link and the text is also below: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/11/26/lockdown-is-adding-salt-to-italys-wounds/ Lockdown is adding salt to Italy’s wounds The Italian health service failed to prepare for a … Continue reading
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