Class Fragmentation and the Collapse of Italian Politics

Italy’s new anti-establishment coalition government, between the right-wing League and the center-left 5-Star Movement is a symptom of the implosion of Italian politics, which has its roots in the fragmentation of Italy’s working class and of its leftist parties, explains Il Manifesto co-founder Luciana Castellina

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10 thoughts on “Class Fragmentation and the Collapse of Italian Politics

  1. Italy's political situation as described here reminds me of what happened to the Tea Party, the right-wing populist movement of yore in the US. It was in fact almost immediately coopted by the Koch Bros. whose billions have been leading the dance (undermining politics and the country) through their own brand of populist-oligarchy 'alliance'). I thought her analysis of the current working class's inherent weakness and dispersion quite pertinent. Of course, she did not talk of remedies, but for me, the only hope for working class people's health and prosperity will come via our strength in numbers (if we can avoid being decimated in the meantime). Social media and the internet are essential tools for finding a new cohesion and common purpose.

  2. comments seem ageist and sexist and I'm not even a 'liberal'. Her basic assertion that the 99% is politically irrevocably splintered is entirely to the point If the peasant class begs for authority from the 1% like prepubescent children what is the point of democracy? Can't expect children to understand that.

  3. Very simplistic in her views… Why not get some really smart Italian economists working abroad in the UK or Germany to comment on such a subject.

  4. yawn;yet more neo-Marxist bleating that fails to understand the paradigm shift; no longer class based but nationalist versus globalist dialectic;wake up you dim witted das krapital-tards.

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