Friends, A new article, "Giorgia on our minds": Exploring "alternatives" as the ultra-right overtakes Italy" has just been uploaded to the Radical Ecological Democracy website: https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/giorgia-on-our-minds-exploring-altern... As the ultra-right prepares to take power in Italy following the recent elections, a major soul searching is underway among the left and progressive circles on what ails their movement, and how to reconstruct an agenda to appeal to the alienated Italian electorate. Mitja Stefancic probes the recent failures of the Italian left and concludes that progressive politics can only be revived if alternative political movements are accompanied by reliable economic “alternatives” that challenge the top-down neoliberal model. Please take a look and join the discussion on RED listserv or the website discussion forum. The author is copied on this email, in case you would like to contact him directly. Best wishes, Pallav