that Donatella Della Porta's well written and no less informed article appears to have failed to address. We must avoid being absorbed by the State Paolo Cacciari, a former Rifondazione MP, argues that the left should avoid being 'absorbed' by state institutions, and explains how citizens' associations can work to bring about a new left culture latest from red pepper Gaza War: All about politics? Abby Martin interviews Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, about the current escalation of violence in Gaza