Author: Euroculturer Magazine

Over the years the aim of going for a walk in the city has shifted from breathing some fresh air to shopping. In pre-corona times, taking a round at indoors malls had become a Sunday family activity.

The recent Covid-19 outbreak and confinement measures will give us plenty of time to reflect on the consequences it will have on our societies. When the crisis is over, populist parties will probably push even harder to reestablish border control or exit the Schengen Area. Besides, the financial system of the EU will have to be rethought.

In these trying times, many are the initiatives through which Italians have tried and reinvented togetherness, in order to cope with the disruption of our daily routines and social life – from “balcony flash mobs” to live Instagram “concerts from home” and free access to a variety of digital services and products (streaming platforms, ebooks, etc.). It is in this spontaneous framework of grassroots and top-down solidarities that La radio per l’Italia places itself, also as an unprecedented event in the (Italian) history of communication.

In this interview, Chilean journalist José Urrejola explains what is going on in his country, and explicitly argues that “the protests will continue until this president resigns or a ‘miracle’ happens, and he decides to make the changes that people are asking for.”