E79: Italian resistance, part 3
Working Class History
Working Class History
5.0 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at the question of 'the resistance betrayed': the Togliatti amnesty, what happened to fascists and anti-fascists immediately after the war, and how Italy's fascist movement was allowed to rebuild itself.
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- Edited by Tyler Hill
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to part three of our podcast series on the Italian Resistance. |
| 0:04.4 | If you haven't listened to our previous parts yet, |
| 0:06.5 | I suggest you go back and listen to those first. Oh, bella, chow, bella, chow, bella, chow, la matina. |
| 0:30.6 | Before we get started, just a quick reminder that our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:35.9 | Our supporters fund our work and in return get exclusive early access and ad-free podcast episodes, |
| 0:41.5 | bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. |
| 0:45.3 | For example, our Patreon supporters can listen to all parts of this series now. |
| 0:49.4 | Patreon supporters also have access to three bonus episodes for this series, |
| 0:53.1 | covering post-war anti-fascism, |
| 0:54.9 | as well as discussions about films and music of the Italian Resistance. |
| 0:58.8 | Join us or find out more at patreon.com slash working class history, link in the show nights. |
| 1:05.3 | We've also produced a range of merch commemorating the Italian Resistance and our theme |
| 1:09.3 | tune Bella Chow. And as a listener to the podcast, |
| 1:12.4 | you get a 10% discount of that and other items |
| 1:14.7 | in our online shop using the discount |
| 1:16.5 | code WCH podcast. |
| 1:18.9 | Link in the show notes. |
| 1:21.0 | As a content note for our listeners, |
| 1:22.7 | it should be pointed out that this episode |
| 1:24.4 | contains some descriptions of torture and sexual violence. |
| 1:27.4 | Ciao, chao! it out that this episode contains some descriptions of torture and sexual violence. |
| 1:32.3 | When we left the story at the end of the last episode, the major cities of Northern Italy |
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