Global North’s whitelash brings fascism back in fashion

Neoliberalism has destroyed our communities, and the marriage of the Christian right and the far-right offers that to people.

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, which received the most votes of any party in Italy's Sept. 25 election. Photograph courtesy of Giorgia Meloni's Facebook

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

September 28, 2022

OTTAWA—Fascism is in fashion again in the Global North. In case you missed it, the world woke up on the morning of Sept. 26 to find that Italy had elected Giorgia Meloni, its first female prime minister and a fascist. She has lead Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) since 2014, a par...

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