Is Italy returning to its Fascist past?

Italy is on the verge of electing Europe’s most far-right authorities since World Struggle II.

Lega (League) chief Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia chief Silvio Berlusconi and Brothers of Italy chief Giorgia Meloni wave through the closing electoral marketing campaign rally of the centre-right coalition in Piazza del Popolo, forward of the September 25 basic election, in Rome, Italy, September 22, 2022 [Yara Nardi/Reuters]

Italy, the nation that first coined the time period “fascismo” greater than a century in the past, is poised on Sunday to elect a main minister whose occasion descended from fascism. The failure of Italy’s present governing occasion to take care of a coalition has left Giorgia Meloni and her far-right Brothers of Italy occasion within the lead. Why would Italy select to return to its fascist previous?

On this episode: 

• Michele Barbero (@MicheleBarbero), AFPTV Dwell deputy editor-in-chief and author for Overseas Coverage
• Barbara Serra (@BarbaraGSerra), Italian journalist and producer of Fascism within the Household: Al Jazeera Correspondent

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Ashish Malhotra with our host, Halla Mohieddeen. Ruby Zaman fact-checked this episode. Our manufacturing staff contains Chloe Ok Li, Alexandra Locke, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei, Amy Walters, and Ruby Zaman. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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