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IN the coming weeks, many European countries will mark the 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi-fascist occupation. Italy is among the first, with dozens of events organised for April 25 — Liberation Day — despite ongoing attempts by the Meloni government and right-wing forces to rewrite or erase the memory of the Resistance.
For most grassroots groups, this year’s events aim to locate the values that inspired partisan fighters in the 1940s into today’s context, marked by an aggressive rearmament agenda, support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and domestic repression of civil rights.
“80 years ago, our grandparents freed us from the grip of fascism. But remembering the past is not enough, especially not in the stale, institutional way the Democratic Party and centre-left do,” Giuliano Granato of Potere al Popolo said during the demonstration in Naples.
