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“Not surprise, but disgust” - Italians react to the triumph of Giorgia Meloni

Ben Munster reports from Rome on the reaction on the streets and in the press to Meloni victory - and why her “post-fascism” has stolen into a deeply flawed electoral system.

Evening Standard

Personality and Power by Ian Kershaw review – follow the leader… for good or ill

The great historian’s analyses of a dozen 20th-century democrats and dictators are individually cogent but his conclusions tend to the obvious

The Guardian - UK

Italy’s drift to the far right began long before the rise of Giorgia Meloni

A normalisation of far-right parties dating back to Berlusconi has paved the way, says the author David Broder

The Guardian - UK

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What will its first far-right leader since WWII mean for Italy?

“Una vittoria storica” – a historic victory. That’s how the website of one of Italy’s major newspapers, the Corriere della Sera, reacted to the exit polls released after voting closed in Italy’s general election on Sunday night.

The Conversation

Trump's QAnon rally: Chaos reigns

Yes, it really was that bad. Mussolini-style rants, revenge fantasies and now murderous cult symbols. With music!

Salon

The Guardian view on Italy’s resistance anthem: sing it loud, sing it proud

Editorial: Attempts by Italy’s radical right to ghettoise Bella Ciao are part of an attempt to airbrush history

The Guardian - UK

Tough, determined, fascinated by Mussolini: Rome neighbours recall Giorgia Meloni

Residents in traditionally leftwing Garbatella district not surprised by rise of woman poised to be Italy’s next PM

The Guardian - UK

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Orlando Figes: ‘Gorbachev was a very sharp and likable person’

The award-winning historian on Putin’s cult of personality, why he loves Turgenev, and giving up on books after 20 pages

The Guardian - UK

The March on Rome review – Mark Cousins dissects Mussolini and the grisly founding myth of fascism

In his trademark subjective style Cousins uses archive and contemporary footage to show the dictator’s dishonesty and brutality

The Guardian - UK

‘Two out of five stories should be hot’: why pre-code cinema was a golden age for women

Prior to the proscriptive Hays Code, films were populated by adulterous, marijuana-smoking gold diggers – wildly entertaining and more modern than the roles that came next

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name

Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter; and Payton Gendron, the suspect in the massacre in Buffalo, New York, are self-identified as fascists.

Los Angeles Times

Much Ado About Nothing review – gaiety abounds in the Globe’s great garden party

Lucy Bailey’s ambling production of Shakespeare’s comedy, set in Italy on the eve of Mussolini’s defeat, exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start of summer

The Guardian - UK

Galway City Council meeting suspended after councillor compares mayor to Mussolini

Mayor Colette Connolly said the accusation was 'out of order'

Irish Mirror

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