American artist Mike Flugennock illustrates a well-known symbol of solidarity in this curated cartoon. Over the last week, protesters flooded Rome’s streets in reaction to sweeping economic reforms recommended by Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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Internet rights advocates in Italy celebrate the postponement of a gag law that would allow the Berlusconi government to actively censor the media and penalize journalists and publishers with fines and prison sentence.
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In this interview conducted at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, Canadian writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis discusses his latest novel, The Free World, the immigrant tale of three generations of Russian Jews who flee Soviet Latvia and head for Rome.
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Read an excerpt from The Free World, David Bezmozgis’s debut novel, a heartfelt multigenerational saga of great historical scope set in Rome. In May 2011, Bezmozgis visited City of Asylum Pittsburgh for a PEN World Voices event.
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