Post #1168562
2026-04-10 08:47 UTC
Hm. A nice bit of unanticipated good news on the anti-fascism front:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/04/10/giorgia-meloni-and-the-defeat-of-ideology_6752279_23.html
If you are not a subscriber, the brief recap is that Meloni tried and failed to "reform" the Italian constitution to be more fascist-friendly. A national referendum on the constitution failed to approve her changes, not by a particularly comfortable margin, but enough to do the job.
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@obrien_kat@mastodon.world 2026-04-15 16:57
@abhayakara I am extremely intrigued by what’s happening in Italy the last few weeks. First, Meloni lost the referendum, the next weekend ~2-300K people turned out in Rome for No Kings/No War protests, and now Trump has attacked Meloni after she was basically forced to criticize his attack on the Pope (you can not attack the Pope in Italy). I have digital subscriptions to Corriere della sera & La Repubblica. The war is very unpopular & impacts Italy more than most European nations.