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Italy’s far-right prime minister has said she will not allow the country to become “Europe’s refugee camp”, after thousands of people seeking refuge landed on its shores, prompting France to tighten controls at its border with Italy.

Giorgia Meloni told the UN general assembly in New York that the huge numbers arriving in Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island that for years has been the first port of call for people crossing a perilous stretch of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa, had placed Italy “under incredible pressure”.

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[-] DigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

It's just irresponsible / dishonest for journalists to call her anything other than what she is: a fascist. It is a well-documented fact and something we need to be completely honest about.

[-] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Historically, didn’t fascism begun in Italy?

[-] Blursty@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It hits too close to home, she's aligned with the west on everything that matters, Ukraine etc, none too coincidentally enough.

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Ok we got the fascist thing out -first rule of Lemmy politics: identify the fascist. Now what? The comments are so fucking repetitive. It's like an AI is writing everything here.

[-] DigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest, i really do get that it's repetitive seeing people reply to every Meloni-related post with basically the same message, but the fact is that it simply needs to be said. People can't ignore how irresponsible the reporting on fascism in Italy is, because if we do, that just allows them to keep moving the Overton window towards apathy, and apathy is a dangerous thing in this context.

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I live in Italy. The anti meloni crowd-we're aware of the fascist connection. It's the pro meloni crowd that won't be swayed by this rhetoric. So the question is: now what?

[-] DigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Organize with your local anti-fascists. Unfortunately, some people will never be swayed.

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