Frederika Randall

A journalist and translator in Rome, Frederika Randall has written about Italy for The Nation and other US publications for nearly 30 years.

Matteo Salvini

Italy’s Right-Wing Demagogue Matteo Salvini Wins Big in the EU Elections Italy’s Right-Wing Demagogue Matteo Salvini Wins Big in the EU Elections

As in much of the rest of Europe, the left’s failures have opened the floodgates to extremism.

May 29, 2019 / Frederika Randall

Matteo Salvini’s March on Rome

Matteo Salvini’s March on Rome Matteo Salvini’s March on Rome

The head of the fearmongering, anti-immigrant Lega party has enormous power in Italy’s new government.

Jun 12, 2018 / Frederika Randall

Fuorza Nuova Italy

‘Shoot the Beasts on Sight’: The Far Right and Italy’s Elections ‘Shoot the Beasts on Sight’: The Far Right and Italy’s Elections

Their poisonous opposition to migrants, their loud rallies, and their fascistic violence dominate the run-up to the March 4 polling.

Feb 21, 2018 / Frederika Randall

Matteo Renzi

This Fratricidal War of Ours: A Referendum Divides the Italian Left This Fratricidal War of Ours: A Referendum Divides the Italian Left

The left seemed to have been infected by the mad-dog rhetoric of Beppe Grillo of the Five Star Movement.

Dec 6, 2016 / Frederika Randall

Junior doctors' strike

How I Found Heaven in a Public Hospital How I Found Heaven in a Public Hospital

Britain’s National Health Service is a cosmopolitan, welfare-state utopia—one that conservatives everywhere want to abolish.

Oct 21, 2016 / Frederika Randall

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Italy’s Five Star Movement May Be the Heir to Mussolini’s Fascists Italy’s Five Star Movement May Be the Heir to Mussolini’s Fascists

The party harps on the messianic theme of redemption for the betrayed, is allied with Britain’s far-right UKIP, and is controlled with an iron hand by leader Beppe Grillo.

Aug 30, 2016 / Frederika Randall

Before the 1 Percenters, There Were the Uzedas

Before the 1 Percenters, There Were the Uzedas Before the 1 Percenters, There Were the Uzedas

In The Viceroys, Frederico De Roberto’s novel of the Risorgimento, the Uzeda family corrupts everything it touches.

Aug 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frederika Randall

5 Star Movement

The Syriza Syndrome and Italy’s Political Establishment The Syriza Syndrome and Italy’s Political Establishment

Why doesn’t Italy, with its strong left-wing traditions, have a Podemos like Spain?

Jul 23, 2015 / Frederika Randall

Just How Left-Wing Is Italy’s New Prime Minister?

Just How Left-Wing Is Italy’s New Prime Minister? Just How Left-Wing Is Italy’s New Prime Minister?

The old left sneers at the recently elected Matteo Renzi. But he’s already carried out undeniably redistributive measures during his brief tenure.

Jul 16, 2014 / Frederika Randall

On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left

On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left

Hopes for a progressive government failed, thanks to suicidal divisions among the center-left and Beppe Grillo’s demagogic posturing.

May 3, 2013 / Frederika Randall

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