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How Italy Elected a Fascist Admirer, Faking Populism While Backing NATO
- Rania Khalek
- Tuesday 18 Oct 22
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How can we comprehend the victory of Giorgia Meloni, an admirer of Mussolini, in Italy’s recent elections? Is she a fascist? Does this represent a surging far-right trend in Europe? How has the war in Ukraine impacted Italian politics? And where is the Italian left in all of this?
To discuss this and more Rania Khalek was joined by Maurizio Coppola, a member of the international office of the Italian political party Power to the People!.

Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
MikeMo
Seems very much like the disgusting practice of canceling someone for a single statement made a generation in the past. And she said a “good politician” not a wonderful human being.