[lbo-talk] Gianfranco Fini Italy's Next Fascist Leader

Nicholas Roberts nicholas at themediasociety.org
Sun Nov 11 16:06:14 PST 2012


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/06/italy-g8-police-appeal

During his time as national secretary, he confirmed the MSI’s role as the inheritors of Benito Mussolini<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini> ’s Fascist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_fascism> legacy with a number of famous polemical statements, including: "Dear comrades, MSI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI-DN> claims its right to refer to fascism" (1988), "We are fascists, the heirs of fascism, the fascism of the year 2000" (1991), "After almost half a century, the idea of fascism is alive" (1992), "There are phases where freedom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_(political)>is not among the key values" (1994), "Mussolini<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini> was the greatest Italian statesman of the twentieth century", "Fascism has a tradition of honesty, correctness and good government" (1994).[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Fini#cite_note-5>

*Gianfranco Fini* (born January 3, 1952) is an Italian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_people>

politician <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician>, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chamber_of_Deputies>, leader of thecenter-right <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center-right> Future and Freedom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_and_Freedom> party, and the former leader of the conservative National Alliance<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Alliance_(Italy)> and the post-fascist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-fascism> Italian Social Movement <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_Sociale_Italiano>. He was Deputy Prime Minister <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister> and Minister of Foreign Affairs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs>

in Silvio Berlusconi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi>’s government from 2001 to 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Fini http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_Sociale_Italiano

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