When Maria Concetta Cacciola’s husband held a pistol to her head, she fled to her parents’ house and begged them to protect her. Her father told her: ‘He’s your husband, you stay with him for the rest of your life.’ A new book by Sicilian journalist Lirio Abbate, Fimmine Ribelli (Rizzoli) describes the stories of … Continue reading ‘We need to end slavery in Calabria’
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The journalist challenging the mafia’s ‘normality’
Sicilian journalist Lirio Abbate, 42, has been threatened more than once for his investigations into the mafia. He has also received warnings for founding the very successful antimafia literary festival in Lamezia Terme, Calabria, where we meet on a hot June afternoon. Most people who have been threatened by the mafia normally back down. But … Continue reading The journalist challenging the mafia’s ‘normality’