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
Can Five Stars Govern Italy? Can Five Stars Govern Italy?
It lacks consistent policies, it contradicts itself in action, and its hands aren’t totally clean.
Apr 2, 2018 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Luca Manucci
Is Steve Bannon Trump’s Link to Putin and the European Far Right? Is Steve Bannon Trump’s Link to Putin and the European Far Right?
The ultra-right populism of the president’s former top adviser is in sync with Euro-Russian reaction.
Mar 19, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘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
Over 2,000 Migrants Have Died Crossing the Mediterranean So Far This Year Over 2,000 Migrants Have Died Crossing the Mediterranean So Far This Year
The failure of European nations to develop a unified humanitarian response is taking an unacceptable toll in lives lost.
Jul 25, 2017 / Michelle Chen
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
The Essential Ferrante The Essential Ferrante
How the Italian novelist’s demand to remain anonymous reveals her true identity.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
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
The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism
Franco’s fuel supplier didn’t live in Berlin or Rome. He lived in New York, and he worked in the Chrysler Building.
Mar 21, 2016 / Adam Hochschild
Conditions of Emergence: On Elena Ferrante Conditions of Emergence: On Elena Ferrante
In the pseudonymous author’s Neapolitan Novels, the price of leaving Naples is that you can never be at home again.
Sep 24, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz