https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police have seized guns, crossbows and other weapons from an Italian neo-Nazi group with ties to the Calabrian mafia. https://www.thelocal.it/20191128/italian-police-seize-weapons-in-raid-on-new-neo-nazi-party Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:21:56 +0100 italian-police-seize-weapons-in-raid-on-new-neo-nazi-party The official accounts of dozens of Italian far-right activists and the neo-fascist parties CasaPound and Forza Nuova were shut down on Monday for violating hate speech policies. https://www.thelocal.it/20190910/facebook-shuts-down-italian-neo-fascist-parties-accounts Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:03:37 +0200 facebook-shuts-down-italian-neo-fascist-parties-accounts The traces of World War Two are everywhere in Italy – even if they're increasingly ignored. Cartoonist Adam Rugnetta takes us on an anti-fascist tour of his adopted city, Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20190530/anti-fascist-tour-of-milan-italian-resistance Thu, 30 May 2019 17:45:32 +0200 anti-fascist-tour-of-milan-italian-resistance An openly neofascist publishing house was excluded from Turin book fair on Thursday after an outcry over the inclusion of the far-right company, which has ties to Italy's Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20190509/neofascist-publisher-altaforte-barred-turin-book-fair Thu, 09 May 2019 15:42:08 +0200 neofascist-publisher-altaforte-barred-turin-book-fair Several memorials to the Italians who fought Fascism were vandalized amid Liberation Day celebrations on April 25th, the day Italy commemorates its liberation from the Nazis and their allies. https://www.thelocal.it/20190426/memorials-to-italian-resistance-vandalized-on-liberation-day Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:10:38 +0200 memorials-to-italian-resistance-vandalized-on-liberation-day Neo-fascists believed to be hardcore fans of Serie A side Lazio held a far-right flash mob ahead of Wednesday's Coppa Italia semi-final second leg against AC Milan, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190424/italian-football-fans-lazio-mussolini-banner-milan Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:59:04 +0200 italian-football-fans-lazio-mussolini-banner-milan Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's great-grandson plans to run in next month's European parliamentary elections on behalf of an Italian far-right party, local media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190409/mussolinis-great-grandson-will-stand-for-the-eu-elections-in-italy Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:16:08 +0200 mussolinis-great-grandson-will-stand-for-the-eu-elections-in-italy A candidate for Italy's governing League party running in the Basilicata regional elections has come under fire after footage emerged of her shouting “I’m a fascist” to a crowd of onlookers at a rally in the southern town of Melfi on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190320/league-candidate-shouts-im-a-fascist-at-basilicata-rally Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:25:00 +0100 league-candidate-shouts-im-a-fascist-at-basilicata-rally The right-wing Italian president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani apologized on Thursday after talking up dictator Benito Mussolini's contributions in a radio interview. https://www.thelocal.it/20190314/mussolini-antonio-tajani-european-parliament Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:07:52 +0100 mussolini-antonio-tajani-european-parliament Two reporters for Italy’s L'Espresso magazine were assaulted by far-right extremists yesterday at the Verano cemetery in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20190108/two-journalists-attacked-by-far-right-extremists-in-rome Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:25:56 +0100 two-journalists-attacked-by-far-right-extremists-in-rome Rome is to rename city streets that are currently named after prominent 1930s fascists who signed the antisemitic Race Manifesto. https://www.thelocal.it/20181115/rome-to-rename-streets-that-honour-fascists Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:53:40 +0100 rome-to-rename-streets-that-honour-fascists Police are investigating after antifascists in the central Italian city of Macerata strung up a dummy of Benito Mussolini and encouraged children to whack it for sweets. https://www.thelocal.it/20180427/mussolini-pinata-macerata-italy Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:06:05 +0200 mussolini-pinata-macerata-italy Rarely remembered today, the women who once toiled in Italy's rice fields tell a remarkable story of agitation and activism, writes sociology and modern languages specialist Flora Derounian. https://www.thelocal.it/20180308/women-rice-weeders-mondine-italy-fascism-left Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:28:51 +0100 women-rice-weeders-mondine-italy-fascism-left Amid a tense election campaign, protesters turned out in several cities where Italian far-right parties had scheduled rallies over the past three days. https://www.thelocal.it/20180219/forza-nuova-casapound-antifascist-protests-bologna-naples-venice Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:14:08 +0100 forza-nuova-casapound-antifascist-protests-bologna-naples-venice After the usually peaceful Italian town of Macerata was shaken by two violent crimes within a week, thousands of demonstrators turned out at the weekend to protest against racist and sexist violence. https://www.thelocal.it/20180212/in-pictures-thousands-italians-march-macerata-fascism-racism-sexism-violence Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:50:34 +0100 in-pictures-thousands-italians-march-macerata-fascism-racism-sexism-violence Eighty years after Mussolini began persecuting Jews, Italy is putting the dead king who backed his racial laws on trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20180126/italy-trial-fascist-king-vittorio-emanuele-iii Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:55:40 +0100 italy-trial-fascist-king-vittorio-emanuele-iii Rome authorities are reportedly planning to rename streets currently named after politicians who signed the antisemitic Manifesto of Race during the fascist era. https://www.thelocal.it/20180123/rome-rename-streets-honouring-fascism-era-racial-laws Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:07:54 +0100 rome-rename-streets-honouring-fascism-era-racial-laws Journalists at La Repubblica and L’Espresso saw their offices targeted by supporters of Italy’s Forza Nuova on Wednesday evening in what the far-right party called the start of a “war” against the left. https://www.thelocal.it/20171207/italy-newspaper-repubblica-espresso-forza-nuova Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:42:22 +0100 italy-newspaper-repubblica-espresso-forza-nuova Nearly 200 journalists receive some kind of police protection in Italy, the government said on Wednesday, citing an "emerging phenomenon" of rightwing threats against news organizations. https://www.thelocal.it/20171206/nearly-200-journalists-in-italy-are-under-police-protection Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:54:09 +0100 nearly-200-journalists-in-italy-are-under-police-protection A gang of skinheads barged in on voluntary workers in the city of Como on Tuesday night to denounce their efforts to help migrants in Italy, which they claimed was subject to an “invasion”. https://www.thelocal.it/20171129/video-italian-neo-nazis-como Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:45:57 +0100 video-italian-neo-nazis-como