A leitmotif eighty, endless, years long. Music always the same, boring and out of tune. A mantra that, if in the 1960s (perhaps) created a bond between voters, today alienates the less elderly. The identification by Digos of the spectator who shouted “Long live anti-fascist Italy” at the premiere at La Scala triggered not only the political exponents of the left, but also the keyboard lions. Who, on the main social networks, went crazy remembering how, in Italy, democracy would be “suspended”. For what reason? But it’s simple: the center-right is in government. And in the profound (but erroneous) belief of the progressive universe that they have a kind of moral superiority that would allow them to know how to separate right from wrong a priori, when the people choose moderates they “make a mistake”. Let’s be clear: the aforementioned episode is just the latest in an endless series. The terror of a return to dictatorship is raised by what Leonardo Sciascia called “the professionals of anti-fascism” at least once a month.
Just think of the surreal controversy that surrounded the mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci, when he decided to allocate 1,750 million euros in the 2024 municipal budget for the «Sanctuary in memory of the fallen of the Italian Social Republic» in the monumental Staglieno cemetery. A decision that ANPI did not digest. «The mayor should feel the blood of the guerrillas running down his shoulders. We never thought we would see such an abject initiative.” And the Florentine Democratic Party? For a week, mayor Dario Nardella and the coordinator of the Tuscan secretariat Andrea Giorgio gathered the “square” to protest against the League’s legitimate decision to organize, on the banks of the Arno, an event called “Free Europe”, which was attended by twelve continental leaders. A danger, the fascist who, punctually (as Giovanni Donzelli recalled during the IDE initiative, a year after the beginning of the legislature) “leaves before the elections or when they are won by the center-right”.
How can we forget the Democratic secretary, Elly Schlein, who, at the end of August, participated in the congress of the Swiss Socialist Party. On that occasion, the native of Lugano highlighted how «at a time like this, where we see too many dangerous resurgences of nationalism and above all the denial of history, with thoughts that we can still define as fascist». If we go back even further in time, it is impossible to forget the grotesque letter addressed to her students and written by the director of the Leonardo da Vinci school, Annalisa Savino, after the fight between students in front of the Michelangiolo school in Florence. «Fascism in Italy was born on the edge of every sidewalk, the victim of a beating for political reasons that was left to its own devices by indifferent passers-by. Be aware that it is in moments like these that totalitarianisms took over and founded their fortunes, ruining those of entire generations.
In times of uncertainty, of collective distrust in institutions, of looking within ourselves, we all need to have faith in the future and open ourselves up to the world, always condemning violence and arrogance. Whoever praises the value of borders, whoever honors the blood of ancestors in contrast to those who are different, continuing to build walls, must be left alone, called by name, contrasted with ideas and culture. Without deluding ourselves, this disgusting regurgitation disappears by itself. Many respectable Italians also thought that way a hundred years ago, but that’s not how it happened.” The left took a stand in defense of Savino and against the Minister of Education, Giuseppe Valditara, who, rightly, called the letter “completely inappropriate “. The last, but not least important reference, goes to Enrico Letta. The former secretary of the Democratic Party based the entire electoral campaign against Giorgia Meloni on the fascist danger. And it wasn’t exactly good for him. The rest, as they say, is history.
Source: IL Tempo
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
