LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS

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Actuality | CLEAN HANDS

The real problem of NGOs? Politico, non (solo) morale
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Of Fulvio Scaglione
The real problem of NGOs? Politico, non (solo) morale
Source: The eyes of war
I was and remain convinced that in the very early nineties Willy Huber, who then ran the Save the Children hospital in Mogadishu, in Somalia, saved my life. Plus, I have had dozens of contacts, and in some cases deep relationships, with representatives of NGOs in various parts of the world. So let's imagine if I can have a preconceived position towards the so-called "volunteering".
But a crisis is a crisis. And the current one is very profound, and it doesn't just concern the giants overwhelmed by the scandal like Oxfam or those who are reporting themselves because they had already taken measures and don't want to end up in the meat grinder like Save the Children o Doctors Without Borders. So deep that the Charity Commission, the body that supervises NGOs on behalf of the English government, reports receiving over a thousand reports of sexual abuse every year, that concern large organizations, small and tiny. And it is clear that the citizen of good will, the citizen-donor but also the citizen who pays taxes and sees his government entrusting tens of millions to NGOs, he's quick to ask himself a question: if these, in Haiti or elsewhere, they used the organization as a venue for orgies, who knows what happened to my money.

This is why they seem very naive, when not hypocritical, the invitations that now appear in the national and international press not to confuse the few who make mistakes with the many who act honestly, because there is a risk of canceling resources that still benefit populations affected by natural disasters, guerre, famines and so on. It is true, very true. But it will happen anyway. When it turned out that their men were stealing, great and historic parties that had made the history of Italy ended up in pieces. And no one thought of sparing them because they had contributed to building the country and providing well-being to the Italians.

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Culture | Non-fiction

Cato: The Roman wisdom of living, virtue, il lavoro e l'equilibrio
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Of Daniele Palmieri
Cato: The Roman wisdom of living
Source: Ink black

Farmer, politico, soldier, literary; it is not easy to define Cato under the wing of a single category.
Of rustic origins, himself the son of farmers, Cato liked to call himself a “a new man”, that is, a man who had built his fortune from nothing exclusively with work and virtue.
Known to most either as a staunch opponent of Carthage or as one of the founders of Latin literature, Cato was a multifaceted figure, not free from limitations, defects and contradictions, but towards whom it is difficult not to feel a form of reverential respect.
Thinkers like Cicero were enchanted by it, Livy, Seneca, Plutarch, who elevated his incorruptible morality to an ideal model. His own progeny boasted noble descendants, including Cato known as the Uticense, Stoic philosopher and martyr for freedom in an attempt to stop the rise of Caesar.
Cato is therefore a figure with a thousand faces and there is nothing better than his writings to reconstruct the different facets of this varied personality.
The Roman wisdom of living collects its aphorisms, his most incisive memorable sentences and sayings, handed down and from the only complete work that has come down to us, he De Agricoultura, and from the fragments, direct or indirect, handed down by ancient authors. The text also contains the first Italian translation of Monostich of Cato, from the “golden rules” of good living handed down under the name of Cato, which had great diffusion in the Latin Middle Ages, precisely because of their ability to outline a simple morality, practical and incisive at the same time.
But why should one recover the thinking of this practical man, not at all inclined to philosophical speculation?
First of all, There is a reason why Cato's writings and thoughts were so successful in the ancient and medieval West. This is because, as previously mentioned, although it does not contain refined philosophical speculations, however, they testify to a practical wisdom of living, drawn from everyday experience, which is well suited to the ethical needs of everyday life.
Cato is one of the highest testimonies of Roman Wisdom, aimed at action rather than contemplation, but no less profound because the action itself becomes a way to experience and savor a form of divine knowledge, attainable only through work and the sweat of one's brow.

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Policy | Non-fiction

A short story of seven infamous years
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Of Marcello Veneziani
A short story of seven infamous years
Source: Marcello Veneziani
In the midst of a depressing electoral skirmish, Let's look back to understand how we got to this point. Let's reconstruct the history of the last seven years.
In the beginning it was the end of Berlusconi. Knocked out of action by an internal and international coup, in the name of a magic word called spread, The most absurd seven-year period in our albeit anomalous history began for Italy.
Over the course of these seven years we have witnessed the suicide of the right, to the suicide of the left, to the unfortunate advent of the technicians, to the abnormal growth of anti-politics, to the death and resurrection of Berlusconi.
Right-wing suicide has a main name: Finish. The suicide of the left has a main name: Renzi. And two swarms of accomplices.
The failure of the technicians has the name of Monti (and maybe Fornero's face), the abnormal growth of anti-politics has Grillo's hair and Di Maio's face. And the void that remains, the vacant chair, has the name of Mattarella.
The collapse of politics mirrors the collapse of society; indeed it is the only point that connects the degradation of politics to the decadence of society. In the background there is the tragic overtaking of deaths over births, of the old over the young, plus the flight abroad of the smartest kids, replaced by the arrival of illegal immigrants. Mass society has become molecular, always connected and increasingly solitary, abitata da narcisi astiosi. Read More

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Actuality | libraries Reports

How power controls the media and fabricates information to obtain consensus
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Report Arianna Publishing
Of Enrica Perucchietti
How power controls the media and fabricates information to obtain consensus
Source: cliché
Federico Dal Cortivo for Italiasociale.net interviews Enrica Perucchietti, author of the essay «Fake News. From the manipulation of public opinion to post-truth. How power controls the media and fabricates information to obtain consensus" released yesterday, 19 March, for Arianna Editrice.
D: Dr. Perucchietti, his essay comes out almost concurrently with the Interior Ministry's announcement that the new online service for reporting fake news will be launched in view of the political elections ( fake news), the citizen will only need to enter the new Postal Police website, and click on a virtual red button and «report news that in our opinion seems to be hoaxes». His first impression on how the "new public service" will work and whether it will have an impact on the upcoming political elections, from the publication of memorials against opponents to fake news one could say…
R: The discussion is very delicate. In a nutshell, however we can think that in the future it could be used as a data collection and on the other as a censorship system to muzzle the web by progressively aiming to censor inconvenient sites and alternative information. I believe that this service is part of an increasingly aggressive campaign against fake news which, however, does not have the objective of protecting public opinion, as much as social control.
Once the reports have been received, a dedicated team from Cnaipic, a specialized body of the Postal Police will carefully verify through the use of specific techniques and software e, in case of proven unfoundedness, will publish a denial. How, I wonder, it will be decided which contents are true and which are false? How far will this system go?? We don't know. However, we know that in Europe the war on fake news is becoming increasingly heated and there are still few researchers, intellectuals and journalists are opposing all this. Something similar, Indeed, it is also happening in France: in the press conference at the beginning of the year, Macron has announced a bill to combat fake news and strengthen control of content on the internet during the election period. Read More

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Actuality | events

Cheating and hypocrisy: the two narratives (fake) of Iran and Israel
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Cheating and hypocrisy: the two narratives (fake) of Iran and Israel

Netanyahu in Munich says Iran is the world's greatest threat (bum!). And the Israelis have always portrayed themselves as a small, defenseless country. False. On the other hand, Iran has its hypocrisies, his desire for hegemony. And his vision (loser) on the Palestinian question. (Of Fulvio Echelon, LAWS)

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Actuality | Maurizio Blondet

A RUSSIAN ATTEMPT TO SEDATE BIBI'S PRE-TRAUMATIC STRESS
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Several readers are very alarmed by the headline that appeared on SputnikNews: “Russia will stand by Israel in the event of an attack by Iran”. What happens? A reversal of alliances? …

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Rivista americana svela “l'arma più potente” della Corea del Nord
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Kim Jong-un (archive photo)
Secret services can be an effective tool in the hands of Pyongyang in the event of an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula, scrive The National Interest.
As noted by the magazine with reference to a Pentagon report, North Korea has two intelligence structures responsible for intelligence activities. The first is engaged in reconnaissance and secret operations abroad. The second agency is responsible for counterintelligence. However there are two other agencies operating in South Korea.

According to analysts, the General Staff Division of the North Korean Army, the main body for espionage abroad, was created in the image of the secret services of the armed forces of the Soviet Union. This department is made up of six units tasked with conducting covert operations, activities in cyberspace, intelligence gathering abroad in inter-Korean dialogue.

The magazine highlights that the intelligence services are one of the key pillars of North Korea's forces. Experts believe that North Korean agents are capable of operating successfully abroad. For example, Pyongyang's secret services were behind the murder of Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un's older brother.

Summing up The National Interest calls North Korea's intelligence services ruthless and notes that they can be used successfully in the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

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