Very good contextualization of Italy’s upcoming general election, by @broderly: Italy’s political class’ “unwavering commitment to the neoliberal center ground produces neither stability nor stagnation, but atomization and social despair”https://jacobinmag.com/2018/01/italian-election-berlusconi-five-star-movement …
.@annamomi: "The “Five Star Che Guevara” [Alessandro Di Battista] may return to prominence, but he’s unlikely to do anything to change Italy’s harsh immigration policy. If anything, he will reinforce it."https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/26/italys-left-wing-populists-wont-stop-the-far-right-theyll-strengthen-it-alessandro-di-battista-m5s-five-star-salvini-league-immigration-xenophobia/ …