Italy
Working-class internationalism: Italian dock workers block Saudi weapons ship
May 21, 2019Genoa has a long history of solidarity. It was the first to block U.S. ships headed to Vietnam, and dock workers here refused to allow war equipment to disembark for the 1973 Chile coup.
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Italy’s government brushes off attack on black athlete
August 2, 2018The United Nations migration agency has warned that the incidents represent “an extremely worrying trend of violence and racism.”
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Italy’s political crisis spotlights EU’s lack of democracy
May 31, 2018EU budget commissioner Guenther Oettinger says: “The markets will teach Italy how to vote properly.”
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Outlook for Italy grim as far right advances in elections
March 6, 2018Results show the radical right is continuing to advance across Europe—and expose the ongoing decline of what liberals term the “center-left.”
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Italian elections and immigration
February 22, 2018Italian elections are always complex affairs, but the upcoming Mar. 4 vote is one of the most bewildering in several decades.
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