Stories and News

Stories and News No. 1237 After being divided with only five players who took the knee - typical attitude of my countrymen - the Italian national football team, after much controversy, has agreed to not doing at all before the match with Austria. This gesture, I recall, consists of a symbolic stance against racism remembering the Black Lives Matter movement and moreover Colin Kaepernick’s protest. Up to now the debate on the opportunity to kneel has not been just an Italian quarrel. However, despite being convinced that the mere symbolic act is worth little if not accompanied by a contextual daily, active and concrete action, I am not at all surprised by those in Italy who prefer to see the players standing before the kick-off. Because historically the average italian citizen never kneels before powerful ideals, unless he obeys them because he feels obligated. On the contrary, he literally throws himself on the ground, even becoming a doormat, in front of the men he considers stron...

Stories and News No. 888 Well, me too I had to recognize that Farage , Le Pen and Salvini are right when they stand in defense of our glorious continent ... They are not like us . They don’t have our values and culture. They don’t integrate. They have no respect for others and for the host country. They’re just here to bring disorder and violence. They are only here to destroy our way of life. They’re here only to be masters in our house. Because they are not like us. Because they don’t have our traditions and civilization. Because they don’t conform to our laws. And because they have no desire to do so. They always move in horde. They believe they can act undisturbed, because nothing happens. They only bind each others. They arm themselves as they wish. The reality is that they are not like us. The truth is that they have not our history. Normality is that they should not stay with us. And the simplicity would be rejecting them already on the border. Peopl...