Why Giorgia Meloni Won’t Distance Herself from Italy’s Fascist Past
Feb 6, 2023 · Meloni, who was appointed in October 2022, is Italy’s first prime minister with a past in a neofascist organization: As a teenager, she was an activist with the Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI),...
Mussolini’s Grandchildren — the long shadow of fascism in Italy
Mar 29, 2023 · Were she and her Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party “neo-fascist”, “post-fascist”, “far right” or just “nationalist-conservative”? And how worried should we all be? During the...
Italian leader tones down divisive rhetoric but carries on with …
Aug 25, 2023 · When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government since the demise of the country’s fascist dictatorship, she steeped her campaign in ideological touchpoints like national sovereignty and “traditional families.” (AP …
Is Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a fascist? - ABC News
Feb 23, 2023 · Fast forward to today and Meloni is now Prime Minister of Italy, the first woman to ever hold the role. But with her far-right political trajectory that has included positive comments about Il Duce, critics are quick to accuse her of being …
Giorgia Meloni and the return of fascism: how Italy got here
Sep 23, 2022 · Meloni has been free to claim that her party has shaken off its fascist past even as she espouses obviously hardline views. What might be termed a post-fascist strategy is unfolding....
Why Fascism Isn’t Italy’s Biggest Problem | The New Republic
Oct 4, 2022 · The American press has overhyped Giorgia Meloni’s fascist ties—and underhyped what a wreck the country has become under a series of populist “saviors.”
The Return of Fascism in Italy
Sep 23, 2022 · With Giorgia Meloni’s party leading in polls ahead of Sunday’s election, the Italian far right is edging closer to power.
Contested memory in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy: how her
Aug 14, 2023 · Since coming to power, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and her party Brothers of Italy have repeatedly raised the question of who and what is remembered in Italy. They have paid particular...
Outcry over neo-fascist salute engulfs Italy’s Meloni - POLITICO
Jan 9, 2024 · Under post-war legislation, promoting fascism and its symbolism — including the straight-armed salute also known as the Roman salute — is punishable with up to 12 years in prison. Video footage, which circulated on social media on Monday, showed a crowd raising their right arm multiple times in a unified straight-armed salute that recalls ...
Italy's Meloni distances herself from fascism on Liberation Day ...
Apr 25, 2023 · Italy's ruling coalition has no "nostalgia for fascism", Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday, looking to push back against critics who have accused her Brothers of Italy party of...