“Far from rejecting the ‘establishment’ they criticize, the League has always represented the interests of corporate powers, as well as rich and powerful people.”
As the European elections get under way, let us avoid conspiratorial geopolitics. Focusing on sinister figures is politically debilitating, presuming a priori that these forces will determine the course of events.
In March, I travelled from London to Verona, Italy to join a historic protest for women’s and LGBTIQ rights – while Matteo Salvini, from the far-Right Lega party, received a standing ovation at a key summit of ultra-conservative activists.Watch the film 'Solidarity is in the air' on YouTube
“I’m not neutral in this debate, as I’m an anti-Zionist diasporic Israeli Jew most of whose family have been murdered by the Nazis… and I have fought against the homogenizing and reifying effects of identity politics.”
When a young woman embarrassed Matteo Salvini during another of his endless stream of selfies a week or so back: “do that again”, he told her and “we'll break your finger”.
La incertidumbre, las objeciones al proceso de Paz y los fantasmas de la guerra acechan a Colombia y las revelaciones recientes indican que otro escándalo de falsos positivos podría avecinarse. English
