E80: Italian resistance, part 4
Working Class History
Working Class History
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🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at the postwar anti-fascist resistance: from armed partisan rebellions and the so-called ‘Triangle of Death’ to the 1960 anti-Tambroni riots in Genoa, as well as how the resistance is (mis)remembered today.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the fourth and final part of our podcast series on the Italian Resistance. |
| 0:04.8 | If you haven't listened to the previous parts yet, then I suggest you go back and listen to those first. |
| 0:10.1 | At the morning, |
| 0:15.2 | just upen alzata, |
| 0:20.2 | oh, Bella, chow, Bella, ch podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:36.7 | Our supporters fund our work and in return get exclusive early access and ad-free podcast episodes, |
| 0:42.1 | bonus episodes, free and discounted merch and other content. |
| 0:46.1 | For example, our patron supporters have access to three bonus episodes for this series, |
| 0:50.5 | covering post-war Italian anti-fascism, as well as discussions about films and music of the Italian resistance. |
| 0:57.1 | Join us or find out more at patreon.com slash working class history, link in the show notes. |
| 1:02.9 | To help us raise funds for our work, we've also produced a range of merch commemorating the Italian |
| 1:07.1 | resistance and our theme tune Bella Chow. |
| 1:09.9 | And as a listener to the podcast, you get a 10% discount of that and other items in our online shop |
| 1:14.9 | using the discount code WCH podcast. Link in the show notes. At the end of the last episode, we spoke about how the Toliati amnesty meant that many fascist war criminals were pardoned, while anti-fascist partisans were subject to harassment. |
| 1:41.3 | Given this, it's no surprise that many former partisans turn to other means to exact justice. |
| 1:47.0 | We hear a lot about the Triangolo Roso, the red triangle, the red triangle, the revenges of partisans |
| 1:57.0 | against the fascists after the war, the books by Pansa. |
| 2:05.5 | This happened in certain areas of Italy, especially in Emilia, Romagna, |
| 2:11.8 | where peasant workers who were exploited like Africans are exploited today in the south of Italy. |
| 2:17.4 | The partisans used the resistance, and even the years after, to have the revenge, especially on landowners, |
| 2:19.9 | who are close to fascism. |
| 2:22.0 | The books by Panza that Alfredo mentions are those by Gianpaolo Panza, a journalist who |
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