Archived entries for Fascism

The Magic Word

They waved their hands. They were anxious about having their picture taken.

“Sono comunista,” (“I’m a communist”)  I shouted from across the street.

“Bene,” (“Okay”) they warily replied.

“Lead to the fascists,” reads the Italian graffiti (“Piombo al fascio”) to their left.

African migrant workers, Florence, early October.

So Twentieth Century

Rome’s old Jewish ghetto is full of arresting political and religious posters and flyers.

World War II is everywhere, or so it seems. Famagosta tube station, Milan, mid-February.

Islamofascism Awareness Week

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Tehrangeles has officially been taken over by American members of Hezbollah, and appropriately renamed to reflect the identity of its new, turban-bedecked rulers.

So reported an email from an LA-based Mashdown reader this morning, claiming that he snapped the Hezbollywood picture above as he drove to Canters for a light breakfast.

The subject line: Shi’ite Culture Jamming.



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