Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this bonus episode, and all of our bonus content: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy">https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy</a>Sam is joined by David Broder — the Europe editor of Jacobin Magazine and author of <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2974-first-they-took-rome" target="_blank">First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy</a> and the forthcoming book, <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745348025/mussolinis-grandchildren/" target="_blank">Mussolini's Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy </a>— to discuss the recent victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italian general elections. Meloni's Brothers for Italy party descends directly from the neo-fascist parties of post-war Italy. We discuss the ways in which her victory is continuous and discontinuous with the recent history of right-wing populism in Italy — from Silvio Berlusconi to Matteo Salvini. And David explains how Meloni has incorporated fascist nostalgia and historical revision into a 21st century, identitarian nationalism, which draws heavily on conservative economics, anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQ politics, and "great replacement" nativist conspiracy. Further reading: David Broder, "<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/26/italy-far-right-before-giorgia-meloni-berlusconi-brothers-of-italy" target="_blank">Italy’s drift to the far right began long before the rise of Giorgia Meloni,</a>" Guardian, Sept. 2022. Natasha Lennard, "<a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/09/26/giorgia-meloni-italy-fascist/" target="_blank">It's a Girl (Fascist!)</a>," The Intercept, Sept. 2022.Adam Tooze, "<a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-154-who-is-going-to-vote" target="_blank">Who is going to vote for Italy's right-wing coalition?</a>," Chartbook, Sept 2022.

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