Matteo Salvini
In the words of the new Italian PM Salvini, who is with the Lega Nord, a party tied to the many neo-nationalist and socialist movements in Europe:
Footage has re-emerged of Italy’s new interior minister calling for a “mass cleansing” of migrants from “entire parts” of the country.
Matteo Salvini’s comments are being shared on social media after he announced a “census” of the country’s Roma community, setting the stage for deportations of the ethnic group.
“We need a mass cleansing, street by street, piazza by piazza, neighbourhood by neighbourhood,” Mr Salvini, who is also Italy’s deputy prime minister, said in an interview last year. “We need to be tough because there are entire parts of our cities, entire parts of Italy, that are out of control.”
During the same interview, the 45-year-old suggested Italy could adopt policies on immigration similar to those of Donald Trump in the US.
Earlier this week, Mr Salvini said those Roma found to have Italian nationality would “unfortunately” be allowed to stay in the country while others would be expelled.
The new anti-Roma policy is one of the first acts of Mr Salvini’s interior ministry; his party formed a coalition government at the start of June with the anti-establishment Eurosceptic Five Star Movement.
During the same interview, the 45-year-old suggested Italy could adopt policies on immigration similar to those of Donald Trump in the US.
Earlier this week, Mr Salvini said those Roma found to have Italian nationality would “unfortunately” be allowed to stay in the country while others would be expelled.
The new anti-Roma policy is one of the first acts of Mr Salvini’s interior ministry; his party formed a coalition government at the start of June with the anti-establishment Eurosceptic Five Star Movement.
On Wednesday, Mr Salvini met with Austrian populist leaders in Rome, where they pledged to increase protection of Europe’s southern border from immigration.
“It is a historic moment because Europe has never had the possibility to change like in these days. We think it can change for the better on the topics of immigration, security and the fight against terrorism. Finally there is a decision to protect the exterior border,” he said.
Mr Salvini’s move against the Roma community drew condemnation from rights groups and opposition politicians.
“The way is short from a census to a concentration camp. Salvini apparently decided to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the racial laws,” Chiara Gribaudo, a deputy from the centre-left Democratic Party said, referencing the Mussolini era.
Carlo Stasolla, president of Associazione 21 Luglio, a group that campaigns for Roma rights, said: “The interior minister does not seem to know that a census on the basis of ethnicity is not permitted by law.” (source)
“Mass cleansing”
“Street by Street”
Getting rid of gypsies in mass and under the guise of nationalism was done last century by Italy when she was in an alliance with Germany in the Second World War, and was likewise based on the issue of race. (source)
Do you not see what is happening?
Refresher: We are repeating World War I and II.
You are seeing it in real time.
Remember these days. The language used. The Internet memes. The blogposting.
Save them. Download them. Archive them. Print them. Keep as many alive as you can, even if only on a hard drive.
You are living through the buildup to World War III.
There are many problems with migrants and the Roma. This is without questions a fact. The Italians and Germans are also dealing with the problems of today in the way they did in the past century, which is taking a godless, darwinian approach to the matter, where might makes right and the force of the people is the rule of law, and morality is only as relevant as it serves the end of enforcing the laws of society.
That is how the massacres of World Wars I and II happened, and they are preparing to happen again, except this time with different weapons and different faces, but to the same end of death.
You are witnesses to a future war as it builds. Remember these days, for the greatest of wars do not start by gunshots, but progressively small acts which, building upon each other, culminate a a greater evil.