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Public Monuments and Indro Montanelli: A Case of Misdirected Reverence?

Although the issue of public monuments has been thoroughly examined in the wake of the recent anti-racism protests, the case of Indro Montanelli--and specifically of the defense of his statue in a park in Milan--bears a closer look. The unmitigated arrogance, hubris, and smugness with which Montanelli himself addressed the issue, once in 1969 and again in 2000, must lead us to question the limits of acceptable human behavior.
Empire's Mobius Strip by Stephanie Malia Hom

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Empire’s Mobius Strip: Italy’s Migrant Crisis Today and Its Colonial Past

In her new book, author Stephanie Malia Hom argues that Italy’s response to today’s migrant crisis is rooted in the nation’s imperial history. The main way empire’s Mobius strip operates, its looping of past and present, of colonial imperialism and neoliberal empire, is through control of movement and of “unsanctioned mobility.” It’s a system that she says should be “razed and rebuilt.” Today, we still need to guard against such abuses.

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Montanelli, with his “Rented Child Bride”, Does not Deserve a Statue in his Honor

On March 8th, a statue of Indro Montanelli that has been standing for several years in a park in Milan, was smeared with washable pink paint by a feminist group. This act was carried out to commemorate an episode of sexual abuse on an Eritrean girl about which, despite having several opportunities to do so, the prominent journalist never apologized or stated any regrets. Removing that statue would help change a still existent chauvinistic male mentality in Italy.

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