OPINION

How Italy managed to beat fascism after WWII

Oped, Mark Gilbert, Published on 22/01/2025

» Americans are alarmed by their country's stark political divisions. But they shouldn't despair. After WWII, Italy was even more politically polarised than today. Yet by the mid-1950s, it had succeeded, against the odds, in turning the page on its fascist past and constructing a contentious but functioning democracy.