N°  8  July/August 2000 Sommario (in italian) On the Alternative Left   A continuation of the discussion regarding a reorganisation of the "alternative Left", something considered a very real problem that requires urgent attention. Neither the breaking up of existing forces nor the proposal of immediate organisational operations should be decided. What is needed instead is an immediate theoretical and practical tackling of the issue, with the objective of reaching an effective constituent process.! Fausto Bertinotti UNITE RATHER THAN UNDO   Riccardo Bellofiore A COSTITUENTE PROCESS   Valentino Parlato IF NOT NOW, SOON   Luigi Cavallaro THAT’S FINE. BUT FOR WHAT?     The Church and Gay Pride   Gianni Vattimo IT IS ALSO THE FAULT OF THE SECULAR HUMANISTS   Certain important issues are touched upon by the searing debate surrounding Gay Pride. In the Catholic corner: an incorrect concept of "natural morality" which is reduced to the obsessive theme of sexuality. In the lay corner: an ethical relativism, that accepts differences without comparing them, creating the premise and providing the means for political opportunism.   Electoral Law   Aldo Tortorella REPETANT TEACHERS     Giorgio Cremaschi CGIL: OUTCOME AND OUTLOOK     Heinz Bierbaum, Fulvio Perini A SOCIAL EUROPE     Left and the Ecology   Hermann Sheer SOLAR POLICY     Joseph Halevy OLD NEW ECONOMY   Fabrizio Battistelli THE CRISIS OF THE CIVILIAN SERVICE   Giuseppe Chiarante THE DARK EVIL OF THE OAK   Peter Freeman THE FOOTBALL IN THE BALL     Cancelled Identities   Not only mass movements interested in poverty and the environment are surging up against globalisation. Even in the world of the arts resistance towards the sterotypes imposed by the forces of cultural monopoly in the media is starting to emerge. Luciana Castellina and Manuel V·zquez Montalb·n tell us about this and reflect upon the issue. Manuel Vázquez Montalban CANCELLED IDENTITIES   Luciana Castellina THE WORLD OF PIZZA HUT     Samir Amin CENTRES AND OUTSKIRTS   Capitalist history has always been characterised by the polarisation between dominant centres and periferies that historical Marxism has undervalued. Revolutions in the Twentieth Century have given a central role to polarisation while buffering the consequences and yet paying the price of economism and Stalinism. Globalisation now presents itself in different forms.   Islam and the Women: a Replay to Mentasti   By Giuliana Sgrena TRADITION OR REPRESSION?     Biotechnology: a Replay to Buiatti   By spokesmen of Mobilitebio PROBLEMATIC YES, NEUTRAL NO   This summary has links to the Italian titles and where possible, with the version in its original language