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Barry Sweeney analyses the recent attempts by Giorgia Melloni’s party to criminalise dissent and maximise fascist control in the Italian parliament. Sweeney paints a terrifying picture of one of the most egregiously anti-democratic lurches on the European continent today. The Italian Constitution, enacted on January 1, 1948, contains
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In the first part of our Rebel series on Fascism and the Far-Right, Kieran Allen explains what fascism is. We can date the start of fascism precisely. It began on Sunday March 23 1919 when Mussolini formed the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. If we look at some key dates
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Leo Varadkar wants to portray Fine Gael as the face of liberalism in Irish politics. But as Barney Doherty explains, he would rather you didn’t know about his party’s shady origins on the far-right of the political spectrum. Fine Gael’s new leadership have invested heavily trying