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The Latest Breaking News from Benito Mussolini

If You're Worried About Fascism, Worry About War

The most serious danger is the one that historically allowed dictators to take power.

Reason

Italy revives policy of failing badly behaved pupils to ‘bring back respect’

‘Grades for conduct’, similar to a law introduced by Mussolini, aims to tackle rising aggression towards teachers

The Guardian - UK

Granddaughter of Mussolini to leave Brothers of Italy as it is ‘too rightwing’

Rachele Mussolini, a city councillor in Rome, will join Forza Italia, a more liberal party in Meloni’s ruling coalition

The Guardian - UK

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Ethiopia’s broken crown: The fall of Haile Selassie, 50 years on

Fifty years ago the Marxist-Leninist military junta known as the Derg took control of Ethiopia, toppling Emperor Haile Selassie and ending a monarchy that had governed the country for 700 years. RFI looks back at the revolution that reshaped Ethiopia and the brutal regime that followed.

Radio France Internationale

War In All Its Horrors Looms Large Over Venice Festival

The roots of war, its harrowing realities and aftermath are explored in a host of offerings at the Venice Film Festival this year, including a remarkable documentary going behind the lines with Russian soldiers.

International Business Times

‘I want the audience to be seduced’: Joe Wright on his Mussolini biopic

Atonement director hopes viewers get swept along by M: Son of the Century as ‘to demonise these characters absolves us of moral responsibility’

The Guardian - UK

Remembering the longest journey to Auschwitz – the deportation of Rhodes’ Jews decimated a small but vibrant community with centuries of Mediterranean history

In the Old Town of Rhodes, a picturesque tourist destination in the Aegean Sea, stands a monument to a dark period in the island’s past. In the former “Djuderia,” the Jewish quarter, a marble obelisk commemorates the deportation of the island’s small but vibrant Sephardic Jewish community to Auschwitz-Birkenau on…

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Brickbat: Short Fuse

A court in Milan has ordered journalist Giulia Cortese to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni 5,000 euros ($5,411 U.S.) after Cortese mocked Meloni on social media. In 2021, Cortese tweeted a fake photo showing Meloni and the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, igniting a war of words between the…

Reason

Italian journalist ordered to pay €5,000 damages over Giorgia Meloni height jibe

Giulia Cortese convicted of defamation over two tweets that judge in Milan said amounted to ‘body shaming’

The Guardian - UK

‘Defending democracy is paramount’: Rula Jebreal warns against Meloni rule

The journalist, and critics, accuse the Italian PM of leading the country towards authoritarianism

The Guardian - UK

Italian Premier Meloni rebukes youth wing of her party after Nazi cry video

Two members resigned from Brothers of Italy’s youth wing after the video was released

The Independent UK

Italian PM criticised by opposition after fascist chants by party’s youth wing

Meloni has not yet commented on revelation of Nazi salutes and antisemitic rants by members of National Youth

The Guardian - UK

How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history

Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to religious polarisation as it tries to rally its Hindu nationalist base in India’s ongoing general election, which ends on June 1.

The Conversation

What Trump's Nazi messages are hiding

Now that Trump is finally facing legal consequences for his actions he's amplifying his Hitlerian language

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For neo-fascist groups in Italy, Mussolini's legacy still resonates

In Italy the government of Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, has been criticised for being complacent about the rise of neo-fascism. Since the arrival of Meloni as the head of state, Italian neo-fascist groups are gaining members and becoming more visible. Our correspondent in…

The Guardian - UK

Rai journalists strike over ‘suffocating control’ by Meloni’s government

Union calls for end to politicians’ interference in state broadcaster amid debate over censorship

The Guardian - UK

Italian towns split over moves to end honorary citizenship of Mussolini

Ustica stripped local recognition for fascist dictator in law snaring all those deceased, but debate continues elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Italian author accuses state broadcaster of censorship of antifascist monologue

Outcry over cancellation of Antonio Scurati’s Rai talkshow appearance as note says move was taken ‘for editorial reasons’

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The Guardian - UK

Fascists’ feasts and grated rat: exhibition of vintage menus serves up slice of history

Parisian 1870 new year banquet of elephant fillet and the last lunch on the Titanic among menus on display at exhibition in Rome

Salon

"A blueprint for a Trump autocracy"

Will a second Trump term bring a Putin-like dictatorship or the more subtle example of Hungary's Viktor Orbán?

The Guardian - US

Aide tried to stop Trump praising Hitler – by telling him Mussolini was ‘great guy’

Ex-president’s second chief of staff tried to convince him fascist dictator was ‘great guy in comparison’, John Kelly tells Jim Sciutto

The Guardian - UK

Prosecutors launch investigation into plans for bridge to Sicily

Opposition lawmakers file complaint over planning, execution and transparency of Matteo Salvini project

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopia hails return of its first plane, stolen by Mussolini in 1930s

Red two-seater named after Emperor Haile Selassie’s daughter abandoned in 1936 after Italy invaded country

The Independent UK

Italian opposition demands investigation after hundreds give fascist salute at Rome rally

Opposition politicians in Italy are demanding that police investigate a rally in Rome where hundreds of participants raised an arm in the banned fascist salute

The Guardian - UK

Meloni urged to ban neofascist groups after crowds filmed saluting in Rome

Hundreds of men shown making fascist salutes during gathering outside Italian Social Movement headquarters

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