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by Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
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by Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
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You might be interested in the peace campaign that has been
ongoing in Italy since early autumn. "Peace from every
balcony" is an effort to get people to show their opposition
to war in general and specifically Italian partecipation in the
US military campaign against Iraq. see <www.bandieredipace.org>.
It's only in Italian but basically the idea is to fill the cities
of Italy with the rainbow flag.
As far as I know, the version with the white stripe was the
original from the early 1990's. You don't see this much anymore.
You can see the current version above.
David Macdonald, 21 January 2003
The version most commonly used has only seven row. The
"absent" row is the white one. It is often called the
"bandiera arcobaleno" (rainbow flag).
Sergio Frosini, 26 Febuary 2003
I've seen a lot of Italian pacifist flags watching TV (e.g. the great March for Peace in Rome) or just driving around Florence. Some of these flags have a white stripe above: I think they ar