Just one day after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a very interesting
study on political violence was published in the United States. The body
behind this publication -another very noteworthy aspect- is the Cato
Institute, a libertarian think tank founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray
Rothbard, and Charles Koch, all leading figures of the
anarcho-capitalist movement, which, as is well known, is based on the
glorification of the free market, an unrestrained capitalism, the
reduction of the state to a mere anti-proletarian repressive instrument,
together with the recognition of individual freedoms (especially of an
entrepreneurial nature). Traditionally linked to the historic Republican
Party, this Cato Institute is certainly not suspected of harboring
leftist sympathies.
Well then, here's what the data tell us. First of all, they concern acts
of political violence committed in the USA over the last 50 years and
report a number of murders (excluding the victims of the September 11,
2001 attacks) amounting to 620.
Of these 620, 391 are attributable to the extreme right, 143 to Islamist
militants, and 63 to the far left. This tragic accounting alone is
enough to understand what lies behind the fantastic lies of Trump and
his followers and imitators, in the USA and abroad (first and foremost
in Italy). When two-thirds of the victims are the work of supremacists,
racists, fascist-leaning Islamists, and religious fanatics, the entire
rhetoric against left-wing violence shows its inconsistency and
instrumental nature. Blowing the murder of Kirk out of all proportion
and using it to cry out about an allegedly imminent danger of left-wing
subversion means, for Trump and company, preparing the ground for
exceptional measures - far heavier than those already in place to
criminalize immigration, accompanied by the militarization of U.S.
states and cities governed by Democrats.
It is typical of authoritarian regimes (or those in the process of
becoming authoritarian) to create an enemy -whether external or
internal- to justify increasing police powers. The seizure of power (in
the USA by the MAGA party, in Italy by FdI and its allies) must become
permanent (DC-style from 1945 onward), and to do so it must rely on a
constant denunciation of a supposed, propagandized subversive threat
coming from the opposition. Let's remember Berlusconi and his endless
attacks on the "communists" with "blood-soaked hands," referring to
Occhetto, D'Alema, and Veltroni.
In Italy, in these very days, Meloni & company have not held back from
exploiting Kirk's murder and essentially repeating Elon Musk's mantra,
who, in a post just before the attack, had stated that "the left is the
party of murder." Without fear of ridicule, Luca Ciriani, a minister in
the current government, even invoked the Red Brigades to accuse those
who do not bow to the memory of the illustrious pro-Trump influencer.
Odifreddi -who dared to point out that comparing Martin Luther King to
Charlie Kirk is absurd and ended with the saying "who sows the wind
reaps the storm"- was publicly pilloried by Meloni herself, who from the
stage of Franco's heirs linked her "battle" against political hatred
with the alleged celebrations of the left over Kirk's murder.
Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, Sergio Ramelli, etc., have reemerged on
the stage of the government's show to counter the resistance narrative
with that of a right victimized by leftist violence. Supporting this,
the newspaper Libero headlined "The killer's signature: Bella Ciao," and
Il Giornale wrote "The partisan killer." Eighty years later, the revenge
lust of the fascist, reactionary, and conservative right appears in full
view. And the more the memory of massacres (Piazza Fontana in Milan,
Piazza della Loggia in Brescia, those on trains, the Bologna station) is
renewed, the more the heirs of the Italian Social Movement strive to
turn the tables.
But of course, that's not all. While Meloni & company denounce a
non-existent climate of "Years of Lead," they are in fact thinking about
the mounting climate of war sweeping across the continent. With the
security decree they have laid the groundwork for criminalizing dissent;
by occupying RAI and the main communication channels, they are securing
an information monopoly; with their judicial reform they intend to seize
control of the prosecution service and thus dictate the political
direction of justice.
The huge expenditures for rearmament will require significant cuts in
social spending while wages remain stagnant. This will inevitably lead
to a progressive impoverishment of the population and carries the real
risk of triggering a wave of social protest, fueled by a youth
increasingly sensitive to and engaged in struggles against inequality,
wars, and ongoing genocides.
For the government, the murder of Kirk is just the latest -in
chronological order- media opportunity to prevent the political and
trade union left from serving as a glue for the mounting social
dissatisfaction. But even in this case, there is a clear inability to
grasp the major changes that have taken place in recent times. The
reality is that neither the right nor the left are capable of truly
representing the people of this country. The (mostly media) war being
waged between the two sides is an intense confrontation between
bureaucratic apparatuses and vested interests over the control of banks.
The real subversion lies elsewhere: in the wreckage of a failed
democracy made of blank checks and corruption, in the depths of a
counter-power that is maturing despite everything.
Massimo Varengo
https://umanitanova.org/caso-kirk-i-padroni-dellodio/
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study on political violence was published in the United States. The body
behind this publication -another very noteworthy aspect- is the Cato
Institute, a libertarian think tank founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray
Rothbard, and Charles Koch, all leading figures of the
anarcho-capitalist movement, which, as is well known, is based on the
glorification of the free market, an unrestrained capitalism, the
reduction of the state to a mere anti-proletarian repressive instrument,
together with the recognition of individual freedoms (especially of an
entrepreneurial nature). Traditionally linked to the historic Republican
Party, this Cato Institute is certainly not suspected of harboring
leftist sympathies.
Well then, here's what the data tell us. First of all, they concern acts
of political violence committed in the USA over the last 50 years and
report a number of murders (excluding the victims of the September 11,
2001 attacks) amounting to 620.
Of these 620, 391 are attributable to the extreme right, 143 to Islamist
militants, and 63 to the far left. This tragic accounting alone is
enough to understand what lies behind the fantastic lies of Trump and
his followers and imitators, in the USA and abroad (first and foremost
in Italy). When two-thirds of the victims are the work of supremacists,
racists, fascist-leaning Islamists, and religious fanatics, the entire
rhetoric against left-wing violence shows its inconsistency and
instrumental nature. Blowing the murder of Kirk out of all proportion
and using it to cry out about an allegedly imminent danger of left-wing
subversion means, for Trump and company, preparing the ground for
exceptional measures - far heavier than those already in place to
criminalize immigration, accompanied by the militarization of U.S.
states and cities governed by Democrats.
It is typical of authoritarian regimes (or those in the process of
becoming authoritarian) to create an enemy -whether external or
internal- to justify increasing police powers. The seizure of power (in
the USA by the MAGA party, in Italy by FdI and its allies) must become
permanent (DC-style from 1945 onward), and to do so it must rely on a
constant denunciation of a supposed, propagandized subversive threat
coming from the opposition. Let's remember Berlusconi and his endless
attacks on the "communists" with "blood-soaked hands," referring to
Occhetto, D'Alema, and Veltroni.
In Italy, in these very days, Meloni & company have not held back from
exploiting Kirk's murder and essentially repeating Elon Musk's mantra,
who, in a post just before the attack, had stated that "the left is the
party of murder." Without fear of ridicule, Luca Ciriani, a minister in
the current government, even invoked the Red Brigades to accuse those
who do not bow to the memory of the illustrious pro-Trump influencer.
Odifreddi -who dared to point out that comparing Martin Luther King to
Charlie Kirk is absurd and ended with the saying "who sows the wind
reaps the storm"- was publicly pilloried by Meloni herself, who from the
stage of Franco's heirs linked her "battle" against political hatred
with the alleged celebrations of the left over Kirk's murder.
Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, Sergio Ramelli, etc., have reemerged on
the stage of the government's show to counter the resistance narrative
with that of a right victimized by leftist violence. Supporting this,
the newspaper Libero headlined "The killer's signature: Bella Ciao," and
Il Giornale wrote "The partisan killer." Eighty years later, the revenge
lust of the fascist, reactionary, and conservative right appears in full
view. And the more the memory of massacres (Piazza Fontana in Milan,
Piazza della Loggia in Brescia, those on trains, the Bologna station) is
renewed, the more the heirs of the Italian Social Movement strive to
turn the tables.
But of course, that's not all. While Meloni & company denounce a
non-existent climate of "Years of Lead," they are in fact thinking about
the mounting climate of war sweeping across the continent. With the
security decree they have laid the groundwork for criminalizing dissent;
by occupying RAI and the main communication channels, they are securing
an information monopoly; with their judicial reform they intend to seize
control of the prosecution service and thus dictate the political
direction of justice.
The huge expenditures for rearmament will require significant cuts in
social spending while wages remain stagnant. This will inevitably lead
to a progressive impoverishment of the population and carries the real
risk of triggering a wave of social protest, fueled by a youth
increasingly sensitive to and engaged in struggles against inequality,
wars, and ongoing genocides.
For the government, the murder of Kirk is just the latest -in
chronological order- media opportunity to prevent the political and
trade union left from serving as a glue for the mounting social
dissatisfaction. But even in this case, there is a clear inability to
grasp the major changes that have taken place in recent times. The
reality is that neither the right nor the left are capable of truly
representing the people of this country. The (mostly media) war being
waged between the two sides is an intense confrontation between
bureaucratic apparatuses and vested interests over the control of banks.
The real subversion lies elsewhere: in the wreckage of a failed
democracy made of blank checks and corruption, in the depths of a
counter-power that is maturing despite everything.
Massimo Varengo
https://umanitanova.org/caso-kirk-i-padroni-dellodio/
_________________________________________
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