Tag / Italy
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Fascists and Futurists: The Art of Violence
BY GABRIEL RUBIN Typically, when someone crashes his car into a ditch, he does not tend to exclaim, “I felt my heart pierced deliciously by the red-hot iron of joy.” Unless, of course, that car crash leads him to create a whole new genre of art. The poor driver in question, the Italian poet F.T.…
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Berlusconi to face trial over sex scandal
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been indicted with abuse of power and was ordered to stand trial on April 6th. Mr. Berlusconi has been accused of paying an underage prostitute for sex, and subsequently abusing his office to have her released from custody when she was detained by the police for theft. According to…
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Italian Ministers Step Down
Four members of the Italian cabinet have resigned, following a wake of scandals related to Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister. The four members are supporters of Gianfranco Fini, who was the speaker of the Parliament before he resigned earlier this year. Berlusconi, a controversial figure, has been urged to leave office but remains steadfast. In…