Never has Italy’s failure to come to terms with its fascist past been more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary Friday of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power, a date that has only gained more scrutiny as the first postwar government led by a far-right party with a…
MILAN (AP) Italy s failure to come to terms with its fascist past has become evident as it prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome today, which brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power, a milestone that coincides with the country s first postwar government led by a party with a neo-fascist roots taking office.
Unlike Germany, Italy never underwent process of erasing fascist symbols after World War II; even PM Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party retains flame emblem used by Mussolini