Giulietto Chiesa is a journalist. He was a press correspondent for El Manifesto and Avvenimenti, and collaborated with many radios and television channels in Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Russia and Vatican. Author of many books, he wrote about the dismemberment of the USSR, and United-Stater imperialism among other subjects. He has been an outspoken opponent to the Italian participation in the invasion of Iraq. In 2004 he was elected as a member of the European Parliament (Democrat and liberal alliance).