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Posts Tagged ‘fascism’

On the burning and defacing of the Israeli flag during pro-Palestinian protests in Rome

Monday, January 19th, 2009

As happened in various European cities over the last fortnight, in Italy a number of high-profile protests took place against the Israeli bombardment and invasion of Gaza which to-date has resulted in the death of up to 1,3001 Palestinians.
In cities like Rome, Bologna, Milan, and Florence, amongst others, parades took place that included the [...]

Fannulloni - The G8 Diaz Police Brutality Case

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Fannulloni is a word much in vogue in Italy at the moment, in part because of a headline-grabbing crusade by the Minister for the Public Sector, Renato Brunetta, against this seemingly large and well-deployed group. Fanulloni put simply means a layabout - and there’s plenty of evidence that the public sector is full of them. [...]

Italian athletes urged to boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympics

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Maurizio Gasparri, former communications minister and currently senate leader for the Pdl party, didn’t mince his words - for once.
Referring to the high-profile decision by German Athlete, Imke Duplitzer, to boycott the opening ceremony - though not the games themselves - Gasparri said today:
“The gesturee of the German athlete Imke Duplitzer, who has announced she [...]

The Dark Knight - viewed by the minister for the interior

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

A welcome on board to Three Monkeys’ newest blogger - Brendan Coffey - whose Between Boston and Berlin blog is now online. One of Coffey’s first pieces is a thumbs up for the new Christopher Nolan Batman Film - The Dark Knight. The film, though, has a radically different context here in Italy, under the [...]