DARK SECRETS: 4 - The Real Truth

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…

The Conversation · Aug 7, 2024

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 · Jul 30, 2024

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 · Jul 18, 2024

What Trump's Nazi messages are hiding

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

Salon · May 22, 2024

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…

France 24 · May 17, 2024

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 · May 6, 2024

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 · Apr 27, 2024

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’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024

"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?

Salon · Mar 28, 2024