Claudia Torrisi is a freelance reporter for openDemocracy's gender and sexuality section and the ongoing Tracking the Backlash investigative project. She is based in Rome. Follow her on Twitter: @clatorrisi.
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Published in: 50.50The war on Europe’s women and LGBTIQ people has only just begunThe far right did not conquer the European Parliament – but this doesn’t mean the threats to our rights have...
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Published in: 50.50Prosecco firm slammed for sponsoring summit of ‘racists, bigots and ultra nationalists’British restaurant critic and LGBT rights campaigners call for boycott over support for recent gathering of US,...
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Published in: 50.50Hundreds of Europeans ‘criminalised’ for helping migrants – as far right aims to win big in European electionsElderly women, priests and firefighters among those arrested, charged or ‘harassed’ by police for supporting...
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Published in: 50.50How Pope Francis became a hate figure for the far rightOn a mountain outside Rome, Steve Bannon’s anti-immigrant populism joins forces with Catholic extremists who say a...
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Published in: 50.50Women cross borders to confront the far right in ItalyProtestors from across Europe are coming to Verona to oppose this year’s ultra-conservative World Congress of...
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Published in: 50.50How Verona became a ‘model city’ for far right and ultra-Catholic alliancesFar right and religious conservative movements captured the ‘city of love’ years ago. After national successes,...