Category Archives: maroni

Duomo & Sarpi: stories behind images

Posted on May 10, 2011 by hnbjr

In an effort to provide a little context for Magdi’s provocative posters, some reading from the archives in order to illuminate exactly what happened: The praying at piazza Duomo was connected to protests against the Gaza War and happened on … Continue reading →

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Life among the Lowly

Posted on May 8, 2011 by hnbjr

Journalist-cum-politican Magdi Cristiano Allam loves Italy, he tells us. The Egyptian-born Italian, who made a publicized conversion to Catholicism, seems quick to absorb Italian values — if rampant, no-holds-barred race baiting is an Italian value.  Going far beyond provocative and … Continue reading →

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Italy and Refugees

Posted on March 28, 2011 by hnbjr

As Italy struggles to accept massive flows of refugees from the Arab Spring, one hopes that the G7 country has learned something in last 20 years.  As Berlusconi’s channel report that the refugees are complaining about the quality of food … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Watch Condemns Italy

Posted on March 22, 2011 by hnbjr

Human Rights Watch released a report on the state of racism and xenophobia in Italy yesterday.  The results are not cheerful reading. I wrote about this two years ago for the American, and it’s not heartening to see that things … Continue reading →

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Quick Roundup

Posted on October 19, 2010 by hnbjr

ENEL is getting pretty interesting.  Check out their Green Power.  Back when in 2008 I was impressed by their solar generation, tracked by the minute, at their headquarters near Largo Cairoli in Milan. As was predicted in the Italian press … Continue reading →

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Bossi Youth

Posted on September 24, 2010 by hnbjr

MTV.it has an interesting series of videos up on the youngest members of the Lega Nord. I saw in the Corriere, mainly because I’d never imagine that MTV in the US would be capable of anything less than totally vapid. … Continue reading →

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La Chinatown milanese

Posted on September 2, 2010 by hnbjr

The blog has been on hold recently due to my moving to the area around via Paolo Sarpi – Milan’s “Chinatown.”  This is a fascinating neighborhood that has exploded in the past decade or so with Chinese wholesalers.  It is … Continue reading →

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More on the EU and the Roma

Posted on August 22, 2010 by hnbjr

In response to reader Scott, who raises some good points on my last post: Romania is near to being the most impoverished country in Europe, and if there are no jobs in Romania workers will go where the jobs are. … Continue reading →

Posted in eu, france, gypsies, immigration, italy, lega nord, maroni, roma, romania, sarkozy | 6 Comments

Expelled: l’intelligence, n’est pas permis

Posted on August 22, 2010 by hnbjr

When I first came to live in Italy in late 2007, a debate about immigration that had been simmering for years finally began to boil over. As the Prodi government staggered and fell, a coalition government, led by Berlusconi’s newly-branded … Continue reading →

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