Nel 1922, Benito Mussolini e il suo partito fascista salirono al potere in Italia. 100 anni dopo, un partito che non vede il nome di Mussolini come uno stigma è avanti nei sondaggi.
Giorgia Meloni è attualmente il politico più popolare in Italia, con solo Mario Draghi davanti a lei nei sondaggi. La leader del partito di destra Fratelli d'Italia deve la sua popolarità, tra le altre cose, al suo talento per dichiarazioni chiare e popolari.
Il partito di Giorgia Meloni non fa quello che sarebbe sacrosanto: prendere chiaramente le distanze dal fascismo. Perché è profondamente intrecciato con questa storia. Non è un caso che il simbolo del suo partito sia la fiamma verde-bianca-rossa che sale dalla bara di Mussolini nel simbolismo neofascista.
Da un lato, la Meloni sottolinea che non c'è posto per fascisti e razzisti nel suo partito. D'altra parte, l'ex ministro della gioventù si sottrae alle domande di Silvio Berlusconi sulla presa di distanza dal fascismo. Nelle elezioni comunali d'autunno a Roma, il partito della Meloni aveva candidato, tra gli altri, Rachele Mussolini, una nipote del dittatore che polemizza pubblicamente contro la commemorazione italiana della liberazione dal fascismo. La nipote di Mussolini ha ricevuto più voti di tutti i "fratelli" candidati alle elezioni.
Aus heiterem Himmel: Bei der Wahl des Kommunalparlaments der italienischen Hauptstadt Rom ist die 47-Jährige Rachele Mussolini, die Enkelin des faschistischen Diktators, als Stadträtin Roms bestätigt worden. Rachele trat als Kandidatin der rechtsextreme Partei "Fratelli d'Italia" an.
Sie meint, dass es überall schwierig ist, Mussolini zu heißen. Es ist ein gewichtiger Nachname, den Rachele aber mit Stolz trägt. “Und der Faschismus? Der gehöre „in die Geschichte“, so die Enkelin des italienischen Diktators.
Die andere Enkelin, Alessandra Mussolini, ist auch die bekannte Politikerin und hat heute einen schlechten Ruf. Sie richtete mehrfach gegen LGBT*-Community. Im Jahr 2006 auf den Vorwurf eines transsexuellen Politikers, sie sei Faschistin, antwortete Mussolini in einer Fernsehsendung: "Besser, ein Faschist zu sein als eine Schwuchtel". Sie sei stolz darauf, Faschistin zu sein, sagte Alessandra damals.
Mitte der 2000er Jahre begann ihre Freundschaft mit dem FPÖ-Chef Heinz-Christian Strache. Die Enkelin meint, dass bei einigen Themen sie dieselben Ansichten haben. Sie behauptete nach dem ihren ersten Treffen, dass “der Faschismus der Gesellschaft einen enormen Entwicklungsschub gegeben hat.”
Ich schätze, es stimmt, was man sagt, dass die Gene von Mutter und Vater die Merkmale und persönlichen Ausprägungen eines Kindes prägen.
ROME — The Italian government is under pressure to ban neo-fascist movements that took part in violent anti-vaccination protests at the weekend.
On Saturday, demonstrators trashed a union building and attacked a hospital emergency room as part of a day of violence that has been likened to the Capitol Hill riot in Washington in January. The protest left 38 police officers injured, with 12 protesters arrested including the leaders of a neo-fascist group called Forza Nuova (New Power).
The group, which does not allow vaccinated people to join, has sought to make political capital from the pandemic, infiltrating violent anti-vaccine and anti-mask protests since the early days of lockdown.
Demonstrators were protesting the introduction of a mandatory health pass for all private and public sector workers, which comes into force on Friday. Workers must prove they have been vaccinated or passed a negative test, or risk being suspended without pay.
The Democratic Party on Monday filed a motion in parliament calling for the government to dissolve neo-fascist groups, saying it is time to “end ambiguity about fascism” in Italy.
Simona Malpezzi, a Democratic senator and lead signatory of the motion, said in a statement: “Our motion asks that the government, through the instruments provided for by the laws in force, dissolve the neo-fascist organization Forza Nuova and all the other formations that refer to fascism.”
The motion said that the violent protests represented “an attack on democracy,” adding violence “as a method of political struggle can never be tolerated.”
The 5Star Movement, which is allied with the Democrats and is the la
... keep reading on reddit ➡To mark the 414th episode of Omnibus (because I missed the round number of 400 and won't wait until 500), here's every speculation by Ken and John on the podcast about what the Futurelings will look like, smell like, be like, etc. This is from a notes file on my phone, so maybe I've missed some. Episodes that aren't listed contain no speculations.
(I shared a previous versions of this, but the posts are now archived so can't update it or comment)
Intro episode
Cockroaches, presumably.
European Starling
Starlings are the only bird left in North America, replacing the Eagle as the symbol of the country.
Live in a community of pacifism and pure energy... who have better taste than current people and revere the Long Winters, and use his track as a National Anthem.
Maybe half goat half person that like peeing on themselves.
Defenestration
Futurelings live in a world called Battlefield Earth.
Insectile claw into record grooves to listen to Omnibus.
Marathon of 1904
Giant. Megafauna.
Blocks of cheese, or maybe Ents?
The Pig War
All living in utopian Cascadia.
No Facebook... and no faces either.
Smell-o-vision
Giant moles, smelling the podcast, not hearing it.
The Rachel
May be wearing a haircut called the Ken Jennings.
Tesseract
Live on potato starch... worship the potato.
Water Wars
3.5 feet tall horned toads that lick moisture off rocks.
Listening thousands of feet underground at the water table.
Gadsby
Live in hives.
Eat massive 12,000 pound ducks that last the entire futureling’s life.
Click mandibles to write letters.
Secret Order of the Double Sunrise
Listening from Singapore which has a billion people, part of a global hive.
Have gossamer dragonfly wings due to evolvolution.
Houston and New York are part of the same megalopolis.
They all have an AI John Roderick in their treehouses.
Darien Gap
Sentient fish who live underwater and look at submerged trees.
Heil Honey I’m Home!
No such thing as race in futurelings.
All rooms only have three walls due to the main architectural influence being family sitcoms.
Monrovia
Old futurelings watch Jeopardy hosted by Alex Trebec’s head in a jar of nutrients.
Might all be part of the Canadian Hegemony.
Mandibles clicking in excitement.
Live in 55,000 small nation states.
Kohoutek
Giant Cockroaches again
Twitter became SkyNet and Omnibus is recorded for it.
Sentinelese
All left handed, or left mandible
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Hi! About this time last year, I posted a thread on this lovely subreddit that recommended a ton of media items for newcomers to our community and/or those who are struggling to find their own individual voice. And, seeing that this subreddit has since considerably grown and my own knowledge as a newbie is now slightly more advanced, it seems like a good time to post an updated list.
Feel free to contribute and add your own favourites, especially as I'm British and this list is arguably a tad biased towards the UK! ;) As always, please take care, particularly if you're struggling to deal with your mental health and/or sexuality, and also please continue to stay safe and well, especially if you live in an area with high Covid rates and/or a slow vaccination rollout. :) *hugs*
Fiction books
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1956) - intelligent and thoughtful novel from a black gay writer, whose seminal work is currently more important than ever
Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel by James Barr/James Fugaté (1950) - ground-breaking romance novel about two men who ultimately reach of point of self-confidence and acceptance
The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon (1988) - Primitive young adult and coming-of-age novel with bisexual themes
Maurice by EM Forster (1971) - posthumously published novel, from the author of Howard's End, which was originally written between 1913 and 1914
Senses series by Andrew Grey (2012-2016) - frothy and sentimental yet endearing and engaging romance novels about disabled gay men
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (1926) - accidentally queer novel that concerns toxic masculinity; this Literary Hub article provides an excellent introduction to the unintentional queerness of Hemingway's work
The Beauty Of Men by Andrew Holleran (1996) - a 47-year-old gay man moves back home to Florida in order to care for his paralysed mother
The Swimming Pool Library (1988), The Spell (1998) and The Line Of Beauty (2004) by Alan Hollingworth - accomplished and boundary-pushing novelist who explores British gay socio-culture
Tigers & Devils series by Sean Kennedy (2009-2019) - idealistic yet thoroughly likeable romance novels about a charmingly misanthropic movie festival director and a kind yet closeted Australian footballer
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (2017) - matur
... keep reading on reddit ➡Buenosdillas
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
