L'Impero invisibile (The Invisible Empire)
Mauro Bulgarelli and Umberto Zona
p. 256 - € 16

From the Cold War theory to the Pre-emptive War Theory, what does it remain of democracy in America ? and in the West? This books reports the backstage intrigues of the end of freedom The authors analyse the role of some US organisations – from the Council of the Foreign Relations, to the Committee on the Present Danger and the Project of the New American Century, to build the theories of the “American Empire”. Their conclusions raise worrying questions. Can men like Wolfowitz, Perle or Libby still be considered as neo-cons or are they rather exponents of a new subversive Right? Could we imagine a long-term project of a coup that was implemented in the year 2000?

Mauro Bulgarelli, a member of the Italian Parliament, is an expert of mass communication, social conflicts and movements. His works include: Lo scontro delle inciviltà, with Lorenzo Casadei (Fratelli Frilli Editori); with essays in Diario Palestinese (Manifesto Libri); Espulsi, (Odradek Edizioni); La democrazia possibile, (Edizioni Intra Moenia); Con i palestinesi (Massari Editore).
Umberto Zona is a researcher in the fields of new technologies and labour organisation. His most recent essays are included in the following books: L’onda verde (Alfamedia), Le culture dei verdi (Dedalo), Il libro del Diavolo (Dedalo). Zona writes for many magazines and journals.




Mercenari. Il business della guerra (Mercenaries. The business of war)
Mauro Bulgarelli, Umberto Zona, altremappe.org
p. 190 - € 12,00

The Iraqi war has drawn the attention of media on private armies – an armed force of some thousands people that have the task of “controlling” the “post-war” period in that country. Generally described as mercenaries, these men are quite different from the traditional figure of “venture soldier”. This book describes the origin and the history of private Military Companies and their use, in the last two decades in the US “dirty wars” – Iran, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq - and their role in the background of the “permanent global conflict” under the intelligence’s control




La sindrome di Andy Capp. Cultura di strada e conflitto giovanile
(The Andy Capp’s Syndrome. Street Culture and Youth Conflict)
Valerio Marchi
p. 232 - € 13,00

A collection of essays to describe the history of youth conflicts from the 19th century to the present time. An unique book, as it is written “from inside”. The volume includes 3 sections. A first section describes the general features of “street codes” and their interrelation with the power and the dominant culture, in a historical review of 500 years, from the renaissance hoax to the present “impolitic” violence. The second and third sections highlight the current form of youth conflict - mods, skinheads, punk, hooligans etc.
Valerio Marchi (b. 1955), a sociologist, has studied young movements and European right wing organisations. He has been the director of Eurispes’ Observatory on Juvenile Cultures and is a consultant of Gramsci Institute in Turin. His essays and articles have been published on several magazines and journals, including “Cuore”, “Democrazia e diritto”, “Up&Down”. He has also published several books: ; Il sogno italiano: cultura e mass media nella società postmoderna; Blood and honour: Rapporto internazionale sulla destra skinhead; Ultrà: culture giovanili negli stadi d'Europa"; SMV: stile maschio violento; Nazi-Rock; Teppa; Il derby del bambino morto.




Skinhead
Riccardo Pedrini
p. 206 - € 12,00

Skinhead is street style, when the rebellion of style is revolt! Skinheads are protagonists of youth sub-culture from the mid-Sixties to our days. This is undoubtedly one of the best books on this subject, as it reconstructs the origin and development of this social phenomenon and makes a clean sweeps of any ambiguity and distortion.
Riccardo Pedrini, in his previous life was a punk musician and a member of a misunderstood culture. Now he attends to martial arts and survival, but always with a smile on his lips. He is a member of an authors’ collective based in Bologna. 




Re Nudo (Underground & revolution from the pages of a magazine)
Alessandro Bertante
p. 176 - € 13,00

The first book about “Re Nudo” – the most famous Italian underground magazine of the Seventies. Alessandro Bertante describes its origin and ups-and-downs: it is a story of free love and psychedelic experiences, armed struggle and revolution.

Alessandro Bertante was born in Alessandria in 1969, and lives in Milan. In 2000 he published the novel Malavida (Leoncavallo Libri) and in 2003 edited for Piemme a collection of short stories - 10 storie per la pace. He writes for different newspapers and reviews, including “Repubblica”, “Diario della Settimana” and “Pulp”.