The Italian fascists are happy: Duce! Duce!

[Poi E]

The Italians were also the first nation in Africa to use chemical weapons on an armless population.

Ahh, like small pox blankets on Native Americans!

 

[rekil]

Former Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno investigated over mafia links

Capital Mafia: fascists, politicians, cooperatives and the Roman mob

There are many ways to begin the story of the 37 people arrested and the related police seizures which took place in Rome on 2 December. You can begin from the right, from the left, from the extreme poverty of the refugees seeking shelter from the wars and other humanitarian crises in Africa and the Middle East, or from the incredible wealth of the entrepreneurial class in Rome. You can start from the recent attacks instigated by the far-right against the centres for asylum seekers, or from the demonstrations by a larger grouping of the Roman right-wing which have descended on the city’s squares to protest the degradation of the suburbs, or you can even begin from a novel, Romanzo Criminale by Giancarlo De Cataldo, in which one of the protagonists of these events is appropriately called the “Black”.

Bottomless pit of murky shit.

 

[Flavour]

Fucking disturbing innit. I'd like to think the establishment are playing with fire at the moment, though in Renzi they've got a smiley young figurehead who is talking the talk (always in the Italian style) to try and alleviate common fears, and of course scandals of this nature are common enough, but they're likely to touch even rawer nerves given the ongoing stagnation of the economy.