2008 - February/March
Dossier
From an Ordinary Man the seed of anti-politic
Guglielmo Giannini has been the precursor of the anti-politicking movement. Then, much later, have appeared Berlusconi, Bossi, Grillo of the case, and the American Michael Moore with his documentaries. Here is necessary to take a step back in order to understand that what is happening today resembles much to what happened yesterday.
Anti-politic feeling is not born with Beppe Grillo, with the Lega, with the Veneto mayors with drifters’ ordinances or with the entry on the political scene of Berlusconi and the party-enterprise. The seed of dissent against parties and centralized power comes from much, but much farther. Full Story
Culture
Peggy: A Life For Art
60 years of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection In Venice
2008 will be a remarkable year for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection: the museum is organizing a full calendar of conferences, meetings, educational workshops, temporary exhibitions, free guided visits, a movie program inspired by Peggy’s life and a concert during the summer, to celebrate 60 years of the collection of Peggy Guggenheim in Venice.
Beginning with the subjects of the temporary exhibitions, Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s and Carlo Cardazzo. A new vision for art, the program intends to underscore the importance of the relationship between Peggy and American art, and additionally her influence on the Venetian artistic landscape between the 50s and the 60s, highlighting two different sides of a unique artistic passion that marked the life of this outstanding American patron. Full Story
Dossier
The PD, gives birth to Ulibo
In the center-left the debate starts from the classrooms of Ulibo, “Università libera di Bologna “Alexis de Tocqueville” (free thinking university) to select the best of the young cadres and prepare them for a future in politic. On the footsteps of the memories of Frattocchie and Camilluccia.
Politic has rediscovered the allure of the old dear things… and on the footsteps of the memories, reopens schools of political development, which in the Third Millennium must, through inevitable circumstances, become a university. To go back on the school desks to forge the political class of tomorrow, was something being considered for sometime. Full Story
Business
Technology puts wings on the Italian export
Led by the aerospace sector, exceeding 700 million according to the US Census Bureau, the growth of export to the USA of advanced products is pushing 10%. The hyper-Euro favors USA export, which posts a +11%.
Commercial trades between Italy and the United States resume their growth, with a higher than average increase for the high technological content export. In fact, importing of advanced products from Italy has posted an increase of 9.6% for the first ten months of the year. Well over the +7.3% posted overall by the Bel Paese exports, according to the US Census Bureau, the agency that gather the data of the American economy. Full Story
Business
The “Super-jet” takes-off from Venice
The Alenia hangars on the Lagoon city will be the main points for the distribution in USA and Europe and for the set-up and maintenance of the new Russian mid-range planes, the Sukhoi. An opportunity for expansion for the territory.
Venice like a little Seattle. By emulating the American city home of the Boeing plants, Venice is getting ready to have its economy take-off thanks to aviation. In fact, on the Venetian Terrafirma the final phases of assembly and sales and maintenance activities for Europe and North America of the “Super Jet 100” are going ahead at full speed, the new passenger plane developed by the Russian builder Sukhoi. Full Story
