TEASER: Giorgia Meloni's Neo-Fascism (w/ David Broder)
Know Your Enemy
English - October 06, 2022 14:33 - 3 minutes - 2.81 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture conservatism conservative movement right wing national review william f buckley socialists ronald reagan reactionaries Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Sam is joined by David Broder — the Europe editor of Jacobin Magazine and author of First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy and the forthcoming book, Mussolini's Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy — to discuss the recent victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italian general elections. Meloni's Brothers for Italy party descends directly from the neo-fascist parties of post-war Italy.
We discuss the ways in which her victory is continuous and discontinuous with the recent history of right-wing populism in Italy — from Silvio Berlusconi to Matteo Salvini. And David explains how Meloni has incorporated fascist nostalgia and historical revision into a 21st century, identitarian nationalism, which draws heavily on conservative economics, anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQ politics, and "great replacement" nativist conspiracy.
Further reading:
David Broder, "Italy’s drift to the far right began long before the rise of Giorgia Meloni," Guardian, Sept. 2022.
Natasha Lennard, "It's a Girl (Fascist!)," The Intercept, Sept. 2022.
Adam Tooze, "Who is going to vote for Italy's right-wing coalition?," Chartbook, Sept 2022.