text: National Animal Poison Prevention Week is March 18—24, and we want to encourage you to take some time to look around your home and be aware of substances that need to be out of paw’s reach!
  Plants. Dogs and cats like to chew on plants, but some can make your pet very ill. The most common toxic plants are azaleas, lilies, daffodils and tulips. Don’t let your pets chew on any part of these plants. Whenever you get a new plant, do some research and make sure they won’t make your pet sick if ingested.
  Antifreeze. Antifreeze tastes sweet to pets, but even very small amounts can cause fatal health problems. The poisonous substance in antifreeze is ethylene glycol, so to limit your pet’s danger, consider switching to an antifreeze that contains propylene glycol instead.
  If you ever believe your pet has been poisoned, contact us as soon as possible. The Pet Poison Helpline is another great resource for immediate assistance.
  Marvel’s Spider-Man delivered another hit for the PlayStation 4, and there’s no slowing down according to the developer, Insomniac Games. In a recent interview with IGN, Creative Director Bryan Intihar, talked about what the foreseeable future holds for Spider-Man. Over the weekend, Sony and Marvel also teamed up to break a Spider-Man world record.
  That’s the one thing everyone wants to know, but unfortunately, Intihar didn’t disclose any information about the next Insomniac title.
  “Nothing to announce [regarding a sequel] but we obviously want to keep you engaged in our Spider-Man universe. That’s why we said right off the bat you’re going to have three drops of DLC. It’s not just activities in the city, this is a full story. You’re going to be able to get a pretty chunky, new experience,” explains Intihar.
  Insomniac previously detailed Spider-Man’s post-launch content, so we know it involves three DLCs. The first one focuses on Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat.
  You’re going to see some twists and turns you might not expect with Spider-Man and Black Cat. And then that will set up the other two that will be released before the end of the year, continues Intihar.
  Spider-Man’s first DLC, The Heist, releases on October 23, with Turf Wars releasing in November, and the final DLC, Silver Lining, in December.
  Since its launch earlier this month, Marvel’s Spider-Man is kicking ass and taking names. The latest record under Spidey’s belt has nothing to do with sales records, and everything to do with having fun while breaking a world record.
  Over the weekend at Stockholm Comic-Con, Marvel and Sony gather 547 people all dressed in a Spidey costume to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Spider-Man. The previous record holder, Charterhouse (28 July 2015, Sydney Australia), had 438 people dressed as Spider-Man.
  Talking about Spider-Man records; we already know it broke several sales records like the biggest debut on an individual platform, but since its release, it gathered a few more. In its release week, Spider-Man Spider-Man sold more copies than any other previously-released game in 2018. It even sold twice as many copies than God of War! It is now the fastest-selling game based on a titular character.
  Reportage. About 10,000 Austrians, including students and activist groups, demonstrated Monday as the government unveiled a reactionary, neoliberal program with harsh measures against refugees.
  The ministers of the new Austrian “black-blue” government are all sunshine and smiles, but their program of 183 pages is just the opposite, thoroughly marked by the aim to divide society into class, ethnic and religious groups.
  A measure that stands out is the stated intention to give Austrian citizenship to German-speaking Italians in the South Tyrol, which would create a situation of dual citizenship, not allowed in Austria precisely because of the opposition of the parties that now want it for South Tyrol. On Monday, Werner Neubauer, the official of the nationalist FPÖ party responsible for relations with the South Tyrol region, announced in Bolzano that the South Tyrolese will be able to apply for Austrian citizenship in 2018. Thus, according to Neubauer, among other effects of this measure, South Tyrolean athletes will be able to compete for the Austrian national team in the future.
  Meanwhile, as the government made up of the conservatives and the extreme right was being sworn in Monday, dozens of different organizations—Offensive Against the Right, Bike Block/Critical Mass, the college students of the Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH) as well as high-school students, Asylum Coordination Austria, associations of the radical Left, the Antifa movement—all gathered starting from 8 a.m., in nine different spots in the city. In the afternoon, the “feminist bloc” protested and in the evening the university students in Salzburg.
  Some 1,500 police in riot gear were mobilized, and traffic was blocked in most of the city. “No to the extreme right in the government” and “allerta antifascista” (“anti-fascist alarm”) were heard, and “Bella Ciao” was sung by the crowds. The largest part of the demonstration departed from the Platz der Menschenrechte (Human Rights Square), featuring the university students of the Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft (Austrian Students’ Union – ÖH).
  The ÖH is an official institution of social partnership that the new government wants to downsize. The students’ banners proclaimed that “Culture is Resistance,” and featured rhymes against the extreme right, against neoliberalism and against the introduction of new tuition fees ordered by the new government. An angry majority of young people and even children were marching in the procession. When the inflows of protesters all met in Heldenplatz, next to Ballhausplatz—the seat of the government and the point of focus—they numbered around 10,000. A clamor of shouts and whistles rose up during the ceremony of the swearing in of the new ministers.
  As serious as the issue of dual citizenship in South Tyrol is, it is nothing compared to what we find when we read the government’s program regarding migrants and asylum seekers. In the future, those who ask for asylum will have to hand over all the cash at their disposal, which will be used to cover the costs of asylum procedures. In addition, applicants will have to give their mobile phones to the authorities, handing over their personal information and social media accounts. Applicants will no longer receive any financial aid, not even pocket money, but only services.
  The situation will also be clearly worse for recognized refugees, who should have the same rights as Austrian nationals. The “black-blue” program includes a cut to the Mindestsicherung (guaranteed minimum income) awarded to them, from €840 per month to €365 with a possible bonus of €155. This measure has already been introduced regionally in Upper Austria, where the Popular Party governs together with the FPÖ. The Kurz-Strache tandem intends to enact a new law to force regions that don’t discriminate against refugees, like Vienna, to fall in line.
  And that is not all. The children of asylum seekers will no longer attend regular classes but special classes, so-called “bridge classes,” to be held at their accommodation facilities until they have learned German. As is well known, the best place for them to learn and integrate would be regular school, but, as the opposition politicians and organizations are accusing, integration is precisely what the government wants to prevent. Furthermore, in schools one always finds strong opposition and mobilization of students and teachers in cases of classmates being deported with their families.
  And there is yet another anti-integration measure planned: Families and private houses will no longer be allowed to host unaccompanied minor refugees—because, obviously, experience shows that the results are too good, the spirit of the new government being to avoid any “pull factor” for migrants whatsoever.
  Interview. The Rev. Luigi Ciotti talks about Europe’s duty to migrants. ‘We cannot call ourselves Christians and then build walls, build gated and exclusive communities, and cherry-pick and throw away our fellow human beings.’
  Red T-shirts will be worn on July 7 “to stop the bleeding of humanity”—red like the one worn by Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old drowned in a shipwreck in the photo taken on the beach of Bodrum, Turkey, which shook the whole world three years ago; red like those that mothers make children wear before getting on the rubber boats, to make them more visible if it sinks; red like those worn by the three children who died in the shipwreck last week, around which a disgusting fake news operation has been set up.
  The invitation for all to wear a red shirt on Saturday comes from a joint appeal addressed to all Italians by ANPI, Libera, Arci and Legambiente, as an individual and collective signal against the Italian policies of closure towards migrants. “Because red is the color that asks us to pause, to stop, to reflect, and then commit to action and get to work,” says the text of the appeal.
  Don Ciotti, are there still Italians left today who would be able to remember, to have compassion and sympathy for what is happening to migrants? It seems that nobody wants to see the poverty and the calls for help anymore.
  If any people has a duty to remember, it is ours, which has had a recent and impressive history of immigration to other countries, which was also full of suffering, hardships, humiliations and rejections thrown in our faces. There is a deficit in culture and memory, which results in a deficit in sensitivity—not only in Italy, of course. But we must also analyze and denounce what lies at the root of the fears, the prejudices, the forms of racism and fascism that are emerging: the social inequalities, the loss and degradation of work, an economy that the Pope described in no uncertain terms as “plunder” and “unjust to the core.” The great migrations are for the most part induced deportations. No one abandons their land, their home and everything they hold dear if not compelled by poverty and wars, which the West is largely responsible for.
  And what about Europe? The borders are being externalized, walls and barbed wire are being put up, authoritarian and corrupt governments are being paid off to imprison migrants. These proposals are coming mostly from members of the Christian-Democrat European People’s Party: are these the Christian roots of Europe?
  Authentic Catholicism has its roots in the Gospel, in its spirit and in its words, which are words of acceptance, dignity, peace and justice. We cannot call ourselves Christians and then build walls, build gated and exclusive communities, and cherry-pick and throw away our fellow human beings. To be called a Christian, you have to be, like Jesus, on the side of the poor, the weak, those oppressed and discriminated against—otherwise it is all just words. A Christian cannot remain idle in the face of injustice in this world. They must look towards Heaven without neglecting the responsibilities that bind them to this Earth.
  The previous government had already threatened to close the ports to the ships of the humanitarian NGOs, which has now happened—already during the campaign for the local elections. Will this situation last? What could happen in the future?
  The duty to welcome and give rescue are the very basis of civilization, a duty written in the conscience before any written commandments. If this duty disappears, the bleeding out of humanity is likely to be impossible to stop. The call to wear red shirts is a call to stop, to reflect, to no longer just look in the mirror, but to look inwards and ask ourselves what we have done with our humanity, and what kind of world we are leaving for young people, those who are children or babies now.
  Isn’t there a need for an even stronger demonstration of civil disobedience, of showing indignation and revolt, like the example of Danilo Dolci? Or for assemblies and workshops that would create a widespread alternative culture, like the Social Forum in Florence did?
  The word “indignation” is overused, and inappropriate. In these cases, we must speak of disgust, of that disgust that awakens consciences and saves them from a passivity that turns them into accomplices. Of course, assemblies, gestures and signs are important (and Danilo Dolci was a master in this)—but then you have to organize the dissent, turn it into a project and a hope. We, in our own small way, are doing this with our “Numeri Pari” (“Equal Numbers”) network, active in many parts of Italy, working on the issues of poverty and social injustice. Change has three necessary pre-requirements: continuity, sharing, co-responsibility. In an age in which words are being abused—with the consequences we all know: slogans, oversimplification, manipulation—the real change comes from real facts, from their own language, which may be silent, but it is clear and profoundly true.
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