SCHEDATI!Ma che democratici....

[Der Wehrwolf]

Antisemitism Worldwide 2000/1

Lega Nord per L’indipendenza della Padania (Northern League for Padanian Independence – LN) is led by Umberto Bossi, a member of the European Parliament. The party is active mainly in Italy’s northern regions. LN participated in the May 2001 elections within the CdL coalition, obtaining only 3.9 percent of the vote on the national level (a minimum of 4 percent is required to enter the Chamber of Deputies – see below). However, LN candidates obtained 30 seats in the Chamber and 17 in the Senate as a result of previous agreements with the CdL, and holds three ministries (Bossi is minister of institutional reform and devolution). The party has three seats in the European Parliament.

In January 2000, LN shelved its secessionist plans in favor of a federalist alternative after it suffered a loss of support and signed an electoral agreement with the PdL (in the 2000 regional elections – see below). The party political line, however, adheres to the old notion of granting autonomy to “Padania” (the northern regions of Italy), whose borders are not well defined. Constructing a “Padanian identity” includes some elements which identify LN with the New Right, for example, the use of mythical themes such as the Celtic origins of “the Padanian people,” defense of localism, radical opposition to globalization and hostility toward non-European Union (EU) immigrants. La Padania, the party newspaper, claims to sell 45,000 copies daily. Its articles often elaborate alleged conspiracy theories against the Italian or Padanian people. Although, officially, LN objects only to illegal immigration, its publication treats immigrants with suspicion, generally branding them criminals. At best, immigration is considered an alien invasion; at worst, it is an instrument of globalization aimed at destroying local communities and favoring a global market. (At the end of 2000, the number of foreign citizens regularly residing in Italy was 1.69 million, representing about 2.9 percent of the Italian population. A EU survey conducted by Fondazione Nord Est revealed that immigration is the cause of much social unrest in Italy – as well as in Great Britain.) The paper reaffirms Italy’s Catholic identity and opposes a secular culture which supports a pluralistic school system. La Padania openly distances itself from skinhead organizations and their violent activity. However, antisemitic organizations, extreme right publishers (such as Società Editrice Barbarossa, which issues the monthly Orion), and Catholic integralist groups (such as Sodalitium and Fraternità Sacerdotale S. Pio X) sometimes advertise in its pages. It opposes Muslim construction of mosques and settlement of the Roma. La Padania underlined the many similarities between LN and the Austrian FPÖ until its electoral agreement with the PdL.

[Johnny Buleghin]

L’organizzazione che pubblica (a nostre spese?) queste schede è un’organizzazione di bestie: si cela dietro qualche paravento istituzionale, fingendo di agire per il bene di tutti, ma fa sistematica opera di mistificazione di massa.

In realtà, mettendo all’indice un movimento d’opinione pubblica nonché forza di governo, quale la Lega, costoro seminano vento … ma raccoglieranno tempesta!

La storia non si ripete mai in modo identico, ma si ripete. In analogia ad oscure epoche passate.

J.B.

[Totila]

Mmmmhhh....Chissà chi c'è dietro a questa organizzazione...
La mia è una domanda retorica. Poichè si sa benissimo chi c'è...

[Der Wehrwolf]

Chi c'è?

[Totila]

Originally posted by Der Wehrwolf
Chi c'è?

Qualche parente di Cohn Bendit o di Bernard Henry Levy o magari di Finkelstein...

[Der Wehrwolf]

Originally posted by Totila


Qualche parente di Cohn Bendit o di Bernard Henry Levy o magari di Finkelstein...