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calabria-mediterranea · 3 days

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A high-profile Italian author has accused Rai of censorship after his antifascist monologue was abruptly stopped from being aired, in what he called the “definitive demonstration” of alleged attempts by Giorgia Meloni’s government to wield its power over the state broadcaster.

Antonio Scurati was due to read the monologue marking the 25 April national holiday, which celebrates Italy’s liberation from fascism, on the Rai 3 talkshow Chesarà on Saturday night.

But as he prepared to travel to Rome, he received a note from Rai telling him his appearance had been cancelled “for editorial reasons”.

Scurati is well known in Italy for his books about the dictator Benito Mussolini and the fascist period. The cancellation of his monologue provoked fierce reaction from Rai journalists, fellow authors and opposition leaders.

His speech referenced Giacomo Matteotti, a political opponent of Mussolini who was murdered by fascist hitmen in 1924, and other massacres of the regime. It also contained a paragraph criticising Italy’s “post-fascist” leaders for not “repudiating their neofascist past”.

“Undoubtedly, this is what infuriated them,” Scurati told the Guardian. “And also because of what I represent and maintain in my books … [that] there is a continuity between the fascism of Mussolini and the populist nationalists in Europe.”

The Rai director Paolo Corsini denied that the monologue had been censored, telling the Italian media that an investigation “of an economic and contractual nature” was under way, while implying that the speech was cancelled because of the “higher than expected” fee sought by Scurati.

Scurati said his fee had been agreed and the contract signed before the monologue was due to be broadcast. “The fee was perfectly in line with those paid to authors … It was the same as in the past, when there were no issues.”

In solidarity, Serena Bortone, who presents Chesarà, read out the monologue on the show. It has also been published in full by several Italian newspapers and websites.

Meloni, whose Brothers of Italy party has neofascist origins, came to power in October 2022 with a coalition including the far-right League and the late Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia.

During the election campaign, Meloni said the rightwing parties had “handed fascism over to history for decades now”. However, Scurati claimed in his monologue that when forced to address fascism at historical anniversaries, Meloni has “obstinately stuck to the ideological line of her neofascist culture of origin”, for example by blaming the Mussolini regime’s persecution of the Jews and other massacres on Nazi Germany alone.

Meloni responded by publishing the speech on her Facebook page, while attacking Scurati and accusing the left of “shouting at the regime”.

“Rai responded by simply refusing to pay €1,800 (the monthly salary of many employees) for a minute of monologue,” she said. “I don’t know what the truth is, but I will happily publish the text of the monologue (which I hope I don’t have to pay for) for two reasons: 1) Those who have always been ostracised and censored by the public service will never ask for anyone to be censored. Not even those who think their propaganda against the government should be paid for with citizens’ money. 2) Because Italians can freely judge its content.”

Since coming to power, the Meloni government has been accused of increasingly exerting its power over Rai while edging out managers or TV hosts with leftwing views. The European Commission was last week urged to investigate the government’s alleged attempts to turn the broadcaster into a “megaphone” for the ruling parties before the European elections.

Meloni’s administration has also been accused of trying to influence other areas of the press and targeting journalists with legal action who criticise the government. A Brothers of Italy politician recently proposed toughening penalties for defamation, including jail terms of two to three years.

Elly Schlein, the leader of the centre-left Democratic party, said: “The Scurati case is serious; Rai is the megaphone for the government.” Carlo Calenda, the leader of the centrist Azione party, said: “Silencing a writer for saying unpleasant things about the government is simply unacceptable.”

Scurati said he has received solidarity from many authors and journalists who were otherwise afraid to speak out against the government.

“This episode is the definitive demonstration, as it has finally aroused the revolt of other writers, intellectuals and journalists who until now kept quiet,” he said. “This government launches violent personal attacks against you for speaking out, in my case [that] I asked for too much money.”

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stephen9260 · 11 months

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Istg two immortal political assholes down in less than a year this is surreal

Prima cosa che ho pensato è che non ci sono abbastanza granchi che li abbiamo usati tutti settembre scorso per la Lizzie

Addio Berlusca you won't be missed

#berlusconi #italian politics #politica #italian tumblr #italy #queen elizabeth ii #silvio berlusconi

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regina-del-cielo · 11 months

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E adesso fuori i popcorn che lo spettacolo dell'autodistruzione di Forza Italia dall'interno sta per cominciare

#che modo di chiudere la stagione 2023 di Propaganda Live regà #Italy #Italian politics #silvio berlusconi #forza italia (derogatory)#lotta nel fango tra Tajani Ronzulli e Fascina piazzate le scommesse

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hauntedbythenarrative · 2 years

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#giorgia meloni #lega #salvini #italy #italian politics #fascism #elezioni italiane 2022

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lasciatemi-stare · 2 years

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If someone has the audacity to say something like "But at least Italy has a woman as prime minister now" or "Wow, Italy has a woman as prime minister now" or anyway wants to make this out as "progressive" after the weekend. I'll slap you and haunt you in your dreams.

#crossing my fingers for all of you <3 #(all i can say is that Italian news where no fun to watch the last couple of weeks)#and my italian ancestors probably are turning in their graves right now #italy #italian politics #italian elections 2022 #italian tag

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misspeppermint2003 · 12 days

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🇳🇱🇺🇸👨‍❤️‍👨 Rutte x Obama Gay Kiss Meme 👨‍❤️‍👨🇺🇸🇳🇱

Tonight, I'd just recently found this picture of Dutch PM Mark Rutte and 44th U.S. President Barack Obama kissing in the sky. Also, there's Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi at the beach in it, holding hands and looking at them up in a sky kissing.

This picture I found is originally from Bestweter.

Picture of Rutte and Obama kissing and Putin and Berlusconi holding hands and looking up in the sky at the beach from Bestweter - 4th September 2016

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mrs-bingley · 11 months

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#Italian politics #Italy #I can't believe I can post this #ding dong the witch is dead!

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workersolidarity · 1 month

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🇮🇹🇵🇸 🚨

PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST IN MILAN CONDEMNING ISRAEL'S ONGOING GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP

📹 Pro-Palestine protesters gather on a public square in Milan, Italy, condemning Israel's ongoing war of genocide in the Gaza Strip and standing in Solidarity with the Palestinian people.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

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ranfanblog · 11 months

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#Actual Events #Italy #Silvio Berlusconi #Rot in Hell scumbag #Itapol #Italian Politics #Europe #Berlusconi

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jokrrouttfynn · 6 months

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POV: you just ordered the joker out hat and you don’t even know if it’ll arrive because your prime minister closed the border with Slovenia (Giorgia Meloni go fuck yourself, respectfully)

#Like first you take away my rights as a queer afam #THEN you heighten the tax rate of feminine higene products #AND NOW you close the border with Slovenia because of Serbian immigrants?????#Just say you hate me #joker out #italian things #italian politics #kinda

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raggedy-spaceman · 11 months

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🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀 SILVIO BERLUSCONI IS DEAD 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

#Silvio Berlusconi #crab rave #italian politics #Italy #mine #IT HAPPENED SO SUDDENLY LMAO NOBODY WAS EXPECTING IT

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regina-del-cielo · 1 year

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Italian news channels, journalists, political podcasts: announce that Berlusconi is in intensive care with grave faces, talk about the way he's dominated Italian politics and society for almost thirty years, and about how everyone is so worried about him, send wishes of good health

Every single Italian on the Internet: [chanting in a prayer circle] MUORI MUORI MUORI MUORI MUORI MUORI MUORI

#the dichotomy of the official news being all on tenterhooks vs all of us on Tumblr with the crabs and the champagne bottles at the ready...#my ponderings #Italian politics #silvio berlusconi

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pengychan · 6 months

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Nice traditional family you've got, would be a shame if your homophobic victim-shaming partner turned out to be a creep.

#Italy #italian politics #sto volando raga

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riflussi · 6 months

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Do you remember when your parents told you to be friend with people that had ideas (politically and philosophically speaking) opposed to yours? Because - in their heads - if you cannot be friend with someone that used to vote for Berlusconi or, more recently, votes for Meloni, then you have a problem. Maybe you're a sociopath, maybe you cannot be friend with anybody (because we are all fascists, after all). They show you how happy they were (and are) with their friends with different mindsets, and underline how small your perspectives are, because you cannot be friend with someone who thinks differently. Wasn't it a way to persuade you that fascism is normal? Wasn't it some kind of oppression? You can be friend with whoever you want to be friend with, don't you? I felt trapped. I felt wrong. I felt singled out. And now I see how it really is: they are justifying horrors, not seeing the truth. And I know they don't want to, they are accomplices of a genocide, of many genocides. How can you justify that, if you are not encircled by fascists that convince you that that's okay? How can you continue to live in a world where it's necessary to keep people in poverty and to conquer them, in order for you to live happily and with all the comforts? The result is the abstention of Italy in ONU poll for a truce in Gaza Strip. I am Italian and I do not stand with Israel. I stand with Palestine and all the civilians that lost their lives in a conflict that persisted for too many years. I stand with the Israeli hostages that weren't rescued for the sake of a war that has no meaning. I stand with the generations that lived under a constant occupation, with the constant fear of being beaten, murdered or bombed. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

#gaza strip #free gaza #free palestine #palestine #genocide #israel #politics #italian politics #italian culture #italy

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yep-ishouldbesleeping · 11 months

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What a beautiful day to be italian

#silvio berlusconi #italian politics #Italy #l'è mort #berlusconi #berlusconi morte #personal #kinda?#I'm just happy that he died

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girlartemisia · 2 years

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You're so right

#meloni #fascism #italian politics #mussolini

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