Francesca Melandri
@fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
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Author (Rome-Berlin) Europe is my home No justice no peace
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fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
I had a wonderful, long conversation with @jagodamarinic.com for @artefr.bsky.social about the books that shaped my life

Here's the original interview in English (Spanish subtitles): www.arte.tv/es/videos/11...
and here it's with a German over-voice (French subtitles): www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
Vini, armi, fondi europei, oligarchi russi
L'Italia è un bengodi per Putin non solo per ideologie vetuste che impediscono alla sinistra di stare dalla parte degli aggrediti, ma anche e soprattutto per i fiumi di €€€ che ancora scorrono da e per la Russia
Leggete:
irpimedia.irpi.eu/sanctionsgam...
Fondi pubblici per le vigne in Toscana degli oligarchi russi sanzionati
Due uomini d’affari vicini al Cremlino hanno ricevuto fondi agricoli europei e del Pnrr per le proprie tenute. Chi è sotto sanzioni non li potrebbe ricevere. Di 64 tenute vinicole toscane, però, non s...
irpimedia.irpi.eu
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
Fosse un film di fantascienza dispotico, il pubblico tirerebbe i pomodori allo schermo per questa sciatteria degli sceneggiatori
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
Per rispondere alla tua domanda: no
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
This short 11' video by always excellent analyst @anderspucknielsen.dk is the clearest explanation I've seen of the *real* threats Europe faces by Russia
Spoiler: this is NOT a progressive/conservative matter of opinion, it's about the survival of our democracies

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwnB...
The threats against Western Europe
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
Reposted by Francesca Melandri
jacopoiacoboni.bsky.social
Un aereo dell’amministrazione governativa russa, targa RA-96018, è decollato da Mosca, per San Pietroburgo e poi da lì è atterrato segretamente all'aeroporto JFK di New York il 25 giugno alle 15:27 ora locale. Poche ore dopo è atterrato a Washington (20:56 locali)
Reposted by Francesca Melandri
Reposted by Francesca Melandri
socialsecurityworks.org
Tim Snyder: Today no kings, tomorrow freedom. There is a better America out there. There is a better America underneath. There is a better America that we can see. There is a better America that we can make. History is in our hands.
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
grazie a @valigiablu.it, che oggi pubblica la traduzione integrale del discorso che ho pronunciato a Vienna in occasione del Premio Kreisky
la versione abbreviata è uscita anche su @lemonde.fr e su @faznet.bsky.social - tutti i link e il video completo del discorso (in inglese) nell'articolo
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
Alberto Trentini, operatore della ong Humanity & Inclusion per l'assistenza ai disabili, è da mesi ingiustamente in carcere in Venezuela
Repubblica oggi pubblica i messaggi che Massimo Carlotto, @helenajaneczek.bsky.social , io e altri gli abbiamo scritto, qui:
www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
The appallingly weak response to authoritarism shows how much Westerners of European descent forgot the true meaning of "Resistance"
We need to listen to and learn from all those world activists who never ever stopped fighting
For instance, Aishe Setimuratova - RIP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdE...
Crimea Bids Farewell to Aishe Seitmuratova
YouTube video by Crimean Tatars in English
www.youtube.com
Reposted by Francesca Melandri
chadmbriggs.bsky.social
Watching on the news a country threatened with military invasion by an authoritarian government, and am glad I'm here in Taiwan instead.
#FightICE
Reposted by Francesca Melandri
cristianpilo71.bsky.social
una cosa non si è detta abbastanza del raid che ha azzoppato l'aviazione strategica russa: la Russia di oggi non ha più la capacità tecnologica di costruire in serie aerei di trenta anni fa. Questo per chi continua da noi a straparlare di superpotenza russa.
E' ormai uno stato fallito.
Reposted by Francesca Melandri
zeitzoff.bsky.social
As an indication of the upside-down we are now living in, a Ukrainian friend who lives in Kyiv under the daily threat of aerial bombardment reached out to me today:

“Are you doing OK? I’ve been following the news about American universities and it sounds bad.” 🙃
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
I wrote this opinion piece for the "Idées" section of @lemonde.fr , 29-30 May 2025

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Reposted by Francesca Melandri
naida46.bsky.social
🇺🇦 13 regions were hit, 12 people died, among them - three children from one family, their parents were hospitalized
- Head of the MIA, Ihor Klymenko

"As of now, more than 70 people have been affected: 12 people have been killed and more than 60 injured.

censor.net/en/news/3554...
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
London, 21/22 May the School of Advanced Studies of the University of London bsky.app/profile/uolo... organizes this conference
I will talk about my novel "Rightful blood" with Vittorio Longhi and Charles Burdett
It's a public event, tickets & info here:
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Collaborative Approaches to Uncovering the Afterlife of the Italian Empire
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
Two weeks ago in Vienna the @renner-institut.at awarded me with the Bruno Kreisky Prize for political writing, in the section: lifetime achievement

Here's the link to my keynote speech (in English):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p0E...
Festrede von Francesca Melandri im Rahmen der der Verleihung des Bruno-Kreisky-Preises (Englisch)
YouTube video by Karl-Renner-Institut
www.youtube.com
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
The Israeli Defence Force has turned into a rogue army and we, Europe, the continent of drmocracy and "values", are doing nothing to stop it

An orthopedician's testimony into children's wounds in Gaza, 28 minutes, from @thisamericanlife.org

www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
Solving For Why - This American Life
American doctors returning from Gaza compare notes and start to see a pattern. (28 minutes)
www.thisamericanlife.org
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
what a morally, politically and historically abhorrent post
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
People snatched in the streets by masked thugs, heart wrenching screams, nightmare scenes
Resisting bystanders are mostly only other dark skinned people
The last 100 days proved this once for all (but no surprise, if you know US history):
the majority of white Americans is ok with selective fascism
fmelandriwriter.bsky.social
SalTo 2025:

domenica 18 maggio hr 15.15
Lingotto Pad 3 , Sala Magenta
Felice di dialogare con Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof.bsky.social
moderazione di Monica Perosino

info qui:
www.salonelibro.it/programma-ev...
Francesca Melandri e Yaroslav Trofimov | Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
www.salonelibro.it