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In the night between 3rd and 4th August 1974, crowded express train 1486 'Italicus' is travelling from Rome to Munich. At 0.45 it leaves Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence heading for its next scheduled stop in Bologna. It will never arrive [Thread] >> 1

Yesterday I republished a thread about the Bologna Station bombing on the anniversary. Today is the 52nd anniversary of another fascist atrocity committed in Italy as part of the so called "strategia della tensione", the 'Italicus' train bomb. Unlike Bologna, nobody has ever been convicted for it.

Remember what fascism brings: death and destruction.

Bangladesh continues to be the most frequent country of origin for migrants landing in Italy this year, accounting for over 27% of the total, well ahead of any other country.

Morocco instigated the Ceuta crisis to hit Sánchez for his energy deal with arch-enemy Algeria (over the Western Sahara). Meloni seized the opportunity to hit Sánchez as well. Few remember that Meloni is a supporter of the Sahrawi cause and visited refugee camps in Algeria twice in the early 2000s.

Meloni & Salvini were anxious to act as, apart from their personal dislike for Sánchez and innate racism, they are bleeding support to new openly fascist party founded by former General Roberto Vannacci, currently polling around 7%. Even Tajani, leader of supposedly moderate Forza Italia, agreed.

So, just to be clear: In 2023, 7,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Lampedusa (Schengen) in a single day. Is Meloni's position that, if this were to happen again, all Italian citizens should lose access to the Schengen Area?

Absolutely, The Godfather played a huge role in romanticising mafia & has a lot to answer for. Andrea Camilleri wrote about it in "Voi non sapete": one of mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano's right-hand men recounts that the only time he ever saw Provenzano laugh was when he saw the film.

Perhaps he should win the FIFA Peace Prize.

Spanish Foreign Minister has summoned the Italian Ambassador after Italian FM Tajani proposed suspending the Schengen agreement with Spain in light of the arrival of thousands of Moroccans in Ceuta, describing it as a "threat to national security". Spanish FM described Tajani's words as "shameful".

«Un messaggio indegno»: la Spagna risponde a Tajani e convoca l’ambasciatore italianoTensione altissima sull'asse Roma-Madrid. Dopo l'ipotesi del vicepremier italiano di chiudere i confini Schengen con la Spagna per la crisi di Ceuta, arriva la durissima reazione del ministro Albareswww.lasicilia.it

A report using Sea-Watch data reveals: almost 100 vessels are operated by 11 Libyan militias in the central med, which the EU, Italy, and other external actors gifted. The EU-financed militias are more numerous and violent than ever.

Quante navi ha davvero la Libia nel Mediterraneo centraleUndici milizie libiche “si sono fatte la barca”: 97 in tutto. In parte donazioni di Paesi stranieri, soprattutto Ue, in irpimedia.irpi.eu

"We Sicilian Judges will never give up. We will never give in to resignation or fear. For each one of us that falls, there will be ten more willing to continue with greater commitment, courage and determination." Rocco Chinnici, murdered by the mafia, 29 July 1983.

Yesterday Giuseppe Tornatore visited Messina and remembered how the cinemagoers of the city saved his masterpiece 'Cinema Paradiso' from the risk of oblivion. If you don't know the story read the thread linked below the article.

Tornatore: «Il pubblico di Messina salvò Nuovo Cinema Paradiso»Il regista premio Oscar ha ricordato Ninni Panzera nella serata di apertura della rinata Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messinawww.tempostretto.it

26th July 1992, exactly a week after the via D'Amelio bombing, which kills Paolo Borsellino and five police protection officers, Rita Atria (17) falls to her death from a sixth-floor flat in Rome, effectively the seventh victim of the bomb attack. This is her story [Thread] >> 1