you said this is the most sold calendar in italy? ..and still allows its sympathisers. as it draws to a close, the finale. ..with a chilling throwback to italy s dictatorship decades. all: presente! presente! these kinds of demonstrations with the fascist salutes happen across the country year in, year out. the state allows them to take place and society somehow seems to tolerate them. i want to find out why, and why some of the images associated with the dark chapters of italy s past still infuse the present. presente! for the hardcore believers, a return to where it or rather he began. the small town of predappio in north east italy, the birthplace of benito mussolini, the country s fascist dictator, assassinated in 1945 after a ruthless 20 year rule. every year on the anniversary of his death, the faithful gather to honour him. not for them the established narrative of his reign of terror. down the road, mussolini merch. from the traditional to the tacky, an extraordin
at the centre of the fight against fascism. here are the names and faces of the partisans that died defending this city from the fascists in the 1940s. but then it went on to 1980 with italy s worst terror attack, bombings at the train station here in bologna by neo fascists that killed 85 people. and so fascism and anti fascism have always been at the heart of this city s, this country s, political lexicon. we re seeing things in these recent years that are very similar to what happened at the beginning of the regime, and at the beginning of fascism a century ago. attacks on freedom of press, censorship, um, freedom for the lgbtqi community, attacks on the liberty and freedom of women to determine what they can do on their own body. so do you feel that the fight, the anti fascism fight,
historical battles still part of the present. we ve come to bologna, which has always been at the centre of the fight against fascism. here are the names and faces of the partisans that died defending this city from the fascists in the 1940s. but then it went on to 1980 with italy s worst terror attack, bombings at the train station here in bologna by neo fascists that killed 85 people. and so fascism and anti fascism have always been at the heart of this city s, this country s, political lexicon. we re seeing things in these recent years that are very similar to what happened at the beginning of the regime, and at the beginning of fascism a century ago. attacks on freedom of press, censorship, um, freedom for the lgbtqi community, attacks on the liberty and freedom of women to determine what they can do on their own body.
but it s also split in the historical narrative people believe and are fed. across italy, the past, politically speaking, lives on. historical battles still part of the present. we ve come to bologna, which has always been at the centre of the fight against fascism. here are the names and faces of the partisans that died defending this city from the fascists in the 1940s. but then it went on to 1980 with italy s worst terror attack, bombings at the train station here in bologna by neo fascists that killed 85 people. and so fascism and anti fascism have always been at the heart of this city s, this country s, political lexicon. we re seeing things in these recent years that are very similar to what happened at the beginning of the regime, and at the beginning of fascism a century ago.