È stato Alfredo Chiodi, nipote di Libero Grassi, a dipingere di rosso il marciapiede sul luogo
dell'omicidio del nonno, ucciso 30 anni fa a Palermo per essersi ribellato al racket del pizzo. (ANSA)
È stato Alfredo Chiodi, nipote di Libero Grassi, a dipingere di rosso il marciapiede sul luogo
dell'omicidio del nonno, ucciso 30 anni fa a Palermo per essersi ribellato al racket del pizzo. (ANSA)
What Role Have We All Played in the Spread of Disinformation and the Rise of Authoritarianism?
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to supporters at a 2016 rally Clinton Middle SchooI in Iowa. Courtesy of Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press. by Omer Bartov |
January 20, 2021
Two phenomena have characterized the outgoing Trump administration and spilled over to other countries around the world. The first is the astonishing power of conspiracy theories. The second is the no less astonishing capacity of generally honorable men and women to become complicit in the crimes and misdemeanors of the leaders for whom they work. Both were on vivid display on January 6, 2021, during the attempted insurrection at the Capitol and the prior and subsequent calls by Republican members of Congress to invalidate the results of a free and fair election. It was a day that luridly demonstrated how vulnerable even this great democracy remains to a leader determined