The Empire Never Ended 46: Il Ducebags - Interbellum Italian-American Fascists (teaser)
Trailer for their second episode of Arc 3, where Boris takes TENE on a tour of an underappreciated part of American history - the Italian-American Fascists of the interwar period. They look at the largely forgotten story of Mussolini's supporters in the US as well as the brutal uphill struggle against them. Boris describes spectacular street battles and assassinations that seem more cinematic than real as Rey and Fritz get to know their fascinating participants. Meet early fascist Joseph Di Silvestro, leader of 300,000-strong Sons of Italy organization in America which he (tried to) pledged to Mussolini. Learn about Edmondo Rossoni, the IWW organizer who helped invent fascist corporatism in Italy. Gawk at the befeathered WASP "Khaki Shirt" supporters of fascist Italy and swoon for charming celebrity anarchist, Carlo Tresca. And don't forget the hapless failson of Gabriele D'Annunzio, Hugo! Also: Mussolini and the American media, brick fights at the opera, how the invasion of Ethiopia affected Harlem, and the boys accidentally join the Fascist League of North America.
This is The Empire Never Ended, the Antifascist Amerikanski-Balkan podcast about (neo) fascist terror, the (deep) state and the alienation, nihilism and desperation produced by the capitalist system. And how to get rid of all that. Something like that...
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