John Foster / 15 Sep 2023
Factory Floor Forever
Remembering Mario Tronti, Part II
The publication of Mario Tronti’s Workers and Capital in English offers a clearer picture of Italian workerism than had previously been available.(...)
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Basilio Korman / 17 Jun 2023
Only Loyal to Himself
Silvio Berlusconi and L’Etat Pour Moi
There’s an old Doonesbury comic strip about a group of rich people attending a seminar to overcome their guilt about being rich.(...)
Nathan Akehurst / 30 Sep 2022
Mussolini’s Ghost
The Italian Future Past
Four days before Mussolini’s ghost came back, a friend and I raced through the high-walled alleys of Venice in dazzling afternoon sunshine.(...)
John Foster / 03 Dec 2021
The Southern Question
The Rebirth of Italian Communism, by David Broder
Italy occupies a peculiar place in the history of the left.(...)
The Battleground / 05 Jul 2019
The Appeal of Victory
Italy’s Strongman Complex: The Brando Benifei Interview
Salvini is always the winner. Peruse most major news media on the 2019 EU elections, and when you hit Italy, it’s always the case.(...)
Sean Quinn / 19 Jun 2019
Circular Firing Squads
The Self-Defeating Italian Left
The corpses of security guards lay strewn among broken glass and crumpled cars on Via Fani. A dead body, displayed in fetal position, in the trunk of a red Renault 4 and a dejected, thin-faced man with a wry smile posed before the flag of his captors.(...)