No, Trump is not a fascist. But that doesn’t make him any less dangerous Trump is similar to far-right populists like Modi and Orbán. But fascist? No The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2024
Italy’s migrant pact with Albania makes no sense. So what’s the real reason Starmer is showing interest? Britain’s prime minister knows such a plan won’t work. He’s cosying up with Giorgia Meloni for an entirely different reason, says professor in political theory Lea Ypi The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024
Trump's Great Replacement campaign What happens when Great Replacement Theory wins an election Salon · Sep 13, 2024
Trump’s promotion of an image of strength after assassination attempt borrows from authoritarian playbook In the days since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, supporters of the former president have used the incident to project an image of power. The Conversation · Jul 25, 2024
African swine fever: are there better ways to manage the disease than Italy’s mass pig culls? Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attacks on Italy’s cultural heritage – from libel suits against intellectuals to her government’s censorship of texts critical of Mussolini – have made headlines across Europe. Less attention, however, has been granted to the agricultural minister’s blows on the country’s natural heritage. Francesco Lollobrigida, who has… The Conversation · Jun 12, 2024
Italy Riled Up By Stamp Honouring Fascist Football Pioneer The decision to honour the founder of the AS Roma football club on a postage stamp has caused a furore in Italy due to his Fascist past. International Business Times · Jun 7, 2024
The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher; Italy Reborn by Mark Gilbert reviews – the long path to prosperity Fletcher’s epic and witty study unearths the history of the Roman roads and their hold on our imagination, while Gilbert celebrates Alcide De Gasperi, the postwar Christian Democrat politician whose passion for democracy energised a country scarred by war and Mussolini The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
‘How could my mother leave her baby and then kill herself?’: author Maria Grazia Calandrone’s quest for answers At eight months old she was left on a blanket in the Villa Borghese, Rome. More than 50 years later, prize-winning poet Maria Grazia Calandrone set out to discover the truth behind her abandonment The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
Trump is trying to run from Project 2025 Trump's campaign issued a statement distancing the former president from a plan drawn up by former staffers Salon · May 30, 2024
Why Trump loves violence — and needs it Fascism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat says MAGA violence is a grave danger — no matter how the 2024 election turns out Salon · Mar 22, 2024
Repentance review – dreamlike satire from Soviet Georgia brings life to Stalinist ghosts 1980s black comedy unravels the brutal legacy of a despot who is as ludicrous as his crimes are appalling The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024
No shortcuts when assessing Hunter power options "It's crucial we look at all opportunities for the Hunter's future with an open mind" Newcastle Herald · Jan 11, 2024
The roots of Trump's megalomania Experts on Trump's God complex and the roots of his megalomania Salon · Dec 7, 2023
A "legal revolution" is brewing "It is clear that a second Trump term will be quite different from the first" Salon · Dec 4, 2023
Salon · Nov 13, 2023 NY Times "sugarcoats" Trump "Nazi talk" "Do better," critics urge after the Times buried Trump's alarming "vermin" rhetoric
Salon · Aug 7, 2023 Antisemitism infects Donald Trump "Preserving democracy requires unmasking and countering these deceptions"
Radio France Internationale · Jun 17, 2023 Italy bids farewell to Silvio Berlusconi, but remains in his shadow Italy held a national day of mourning for Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving prime minister since Mussolini, after his death this week. Thousands turned out for his state funeral – but the country is far from united on the man who remade Italian politics in…
The Guardian - US · Jun 17, 2023 Dictatorship? How Hitler, Stalin and Trump show it’s easier than you think Andrea Chalupa discusses her graphic novel, co-authored with Sarah Kendzior, about authoritarianism and its dangers
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2023 Which three current national capitals have hosted the Winter Olympics? The Saturday quiz From Mussolini to Mecca, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2023 75 years, 10 mayors: How Sun-Times coverage of City Hall evolved The newspaper has praised and scourged the city’s chief executives for three-quarters of a century.
The Independent UK · May 10, 2023 Italy begins to reckon with Fascist-era colonial collections Italy is starting to come to terms with its Fascist-era colonial past and the loot it has in its museums
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023 Willie Landels obituary Advertising art director who went on to become editor of Harpers & Queen, from its launch in 1970 to 1985
Salon · Mar 21, 2023 Trumpageddon is upon us Trump has been channeling Hitler and Mussolini with threats of "retribution" and revenge for his followers
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023 Steven Spielberg says antisemitism today is ‘standing proud with hands on hips like Hitler’ The director, whose Oscar-nominated film The Fabelmans depicts the racial abuse he faced in the 60s, said he was very surprised by its current resurgence
Salon · Feb 7, 2023 Florida is now a laboratory for fascism There is a very specific reason why Gov. Ron DeSantis targeted African-American history for erasure