[lbo-talk] Italy 3, US 1

[Alan Rudy]

>From ESPN:
Italy, 4-0-2 against the United States, wore new light blue retro jerseys
and brown shorts that hark back to the Azzurri's first two World Cup titles
in 1934 and 1938.

Nice, echoing Mussolini era in 2009... Berlusconi...
I remember, in 2004, being in Bielefeld for the ISA meetings and hanging out
with Italian Marxists utterly and completely conflicted:  As Italians they
NEEDED the Azzurri to win, as Marxists they knew a win would prop up
Berlsconi... let's just say there was a great deal of drinking involved.

Alan

PS: Shouldn't that be harken?