Italy today celebrates its 80th anniversary.
Italian partisans took away the former Nazi Germany allies, two and a half years later, occupying half of the country and already morally stripped the Italian fascist regime of Fascist Fascist in Fall. To be honest, we Italians invented fascism, and we, fortunately, we also invented anti-fascism.
Before it came to power, fascism was a political model based on the overwhelmingness of the other and the complete refusal to peacefully resolve conflicts (and remains). Both before and after the Mussolini fascists seized power in 1922; Sentai He used violence every day in the countryside and in the headquarters of his political enemies – torture, humiliation, murder. Mussolini, in his famous 1925 speech, murder Socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti: “When two elements are struggling and irreducible, the solution is power.”
The anti-fascist movement developed against all of this, but soon became suffocating. Scattered, the rebels continued to work against the regime for the first hour, but their voices were heard faintly.
When Victor Emmanuel III turned his back on Italian German allies on September 8, 1943 and cast the country into chaos, the anti-fascists organized to fight back both the Nazis and the newly formed. Italian Social Republicthe state of the doll that Mussolini tried to reaffirm his strength in the northeast. However, their anti-fascism was different from the previous one.
First of all, it was such an intelligent and thoughtful event. So many partisans were young rebels and stragglers. They rose up to the mountain and joined resistance driven by ideals as much as personal confusion. Actual political training took place throughout the lifetimes in the heat of the battle, and in the small communities created within it, in the gangs, the epitome of the “banda.” (“Just F—-G Bandit,” Luigi Meneghello’s “The Outlaws” party has memorable screams to British officers who question him about who he is).
Living in gangs makes it difficult to communicate between different groups (many) “Relay Girls” (I don’t remember that there is too little legacy) and partisans are forced to give themselves autonomous rules. When they freed the larger territory, they gave birth to short-lived lives. A full-fledged republic With a sophisticated constitution.
In particular, Italian resistance provided the opportunity for a whole generation to make radical choices, not just their actions, but also the ultimate fate of a continent that was abused by violence. If they had no governing authority to delegate responsibility, they took over it entirely without giving up their youth. Partisans fought, danced, laughed, and received years of regimental education, created their own life freely. As many people remember, it was very hard, but very exciting.
Such stories erase the typical martian-like appearance of public rhetoric and restore their truth: not only young men and women who sacrificed everything to free their homeland, but also to build a new world. There was no agreement on achieving this. Communists, Catholics and others had conflicting views, but they all stuck to the core idea of denializing fascism as a totalitarian political structure and as a demonstration of violence as a lifestyle.
If this is nothing more than a battle for the Italian people, then the value of April 25 is limited and this article is not necessary. Instead, the partisan purpose and gesture must take on a universal character. Before he was shot by the Nazis, a teenage Italian freedom fighter kissed one of them and said, “I’m also dead for you. Long-standing free Germany!”
Today, the idea that historical fascism will return to full is unacceptable. However, the existence of the drive that defined fascism is a light empt for democracy, admiration for power, a desire for totalitarianism, and contagion for expansionist intentions. So, even if there is no “true fascism,” I would like to repeat the goodness of anti-fascism as a method and ideal, and I would like to understand that.
Europe, As told Recently, it is located at a historic intersection. But in fact, it has been at this intersection for years. In facing this challenge, this initiative cannot be left solely to the “upper class” and international politics. Blindly delegating political action to them means inflicting on the indifference and fatigue that circulated long before the recent outbreak of Russian invasions.
Yes, the moment is very important and very difficult, but there are also great opportunities. 1946, Albert Camus Expression “We cannot pretend to escape history because we are in history. We are only aiming to fight in the realm of history. This is a “duty each person has to suffer in relation to others,” and “we must balance time with respect to reflection, joy, and the happiness that everyone owe to ourselves.”
This is not optimistic, as Camus did not. However, his harsh realism did not prevent him from fostering a modest utopia. And it didn’t prevent them from building a small, active group that could inviting everyone to fight for it and impact the world from underneath.
In this respect, Italian partisans give us valuable moral lessons. They rejected both the simple indifference that tormented most of the population and the representation of their commitment to the Allied forces alone. They could no longer stand the situation, so they acted quickly, doing it with humanity, courage, responsibility. It contrasts with being accountable, what is common rejection today! Without taking refuge in the idea of moral holiness, the partisans began fighting as needed and paid the price.
So, we should not remember the partisans still standing in the photo, they are moving. In fact, April 25, 1945 did not mark the end of the war. Riots have begun in cities in northern Italy. It helped the power of resistance to certifying and legalizing oneself through an indication of power to allies. But the symbolic meaning is unharmed. It is not victory that is celebrated, but the liberation process, truly conflict.
Historical perspectives help to avoid making false comparisons and normalizing partisan experiences. Certainly, Italy has not relied on resistance for the past 80 years. However, such important distances can also create traps. These facts are only available as objects in moral museums – to take into account what is simply studied and known.
They aren’t. The April 25th life experience gives us a reason to take on the difficult task of getting better.
Giorgio Fontana He is a writer and novelist living in Milan, Italy.
