Joel Schalit / 27 Jan 2020
When the Present is the Past
20th Century Nostalgia Politics
Hitler never pretended to like Jews. His hatred was unambiguous. (...)
Lega Nord
Joel Schalit / 27 Nov 2019
Everyday Politics in Italy
The Logic of Exclusion
The kid was being followed. Walking up and down the aisles, speaking loudly on his iPhone in English, he was having trouble finding something he'd been sent to purchase.(...)
John Foster / 21 Jun 2019
Just Call It Propaganda
The Fake News Phenomenon
The formation of public opinion was always the purview of the state.(...)
The Battleground / 05 Jun 2019
Too Much About Salvini
The Battleground Guide to Summer Books (And One Magazine)
For the last six months, populism has been the only game in town. If it’s not Salvini it’s been Salvini. Not only was the topic over-reported. Predictions of his triumph were wrong.(...)
The Battleground / 17 May 2019
Italy’s Democracy Crisis
The Anna Momigliano Interview
Few countries occupy as difficult a place in European news as Italy. Only reported on when there’s an economic crisis or a tabloid-style story about its flamboyant political leaders — read Silvio Berlusconi, or, Matteo Salvini — Italy screams out for more considered coverage.(...)
Joel Schalit / 26 Jan 2019
Turin for Migrants
Multicultural Italy
From Palermo to Turin, to outsiders, Italy resembles a typically multicultural, globalised nation-state. Difficulty in understanding that has more to do with politics than it does with actually existing Italy.(...)