A journalist and translator in Rome, Frederika Randall has written about Italy for The Nation and other US publications for nearly 30 years.
The old left sneers at the recently elected Matteo Renzi. But he’s already carried out undeniably redistributive measures during his brief tenure.
Hopes for a progressive government failed, thanks to suicidal divisions among the center-left and Beppe Grillo’s demagogic posturing.