The Many faces of “Bella Ciao”
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Italian Americans, forget Columbus
The defense of the statues marks a shift to the right, in defense of privileges acquired over the decades By Luca Peretti Translated by Amy Bizzarri It’s early morning on June 24th when a few dozen Italian Americans have gathered around the statue of Columbus in the Italian neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. For days there …
The primacy of culture
America is in a season of rage, seemingly boundless and beyond control. Its leaders could learn from those among its citizens who are the children of an older culture, one with some experience in managing diverse ethnic communities and conflict: The Italian Americans. In both Italy and again in the United States, we Italians have …
The kind of shero you’ll never doubt
Helen Cirese waited for the elevators on the 11th floor. Her law firm, Bonelli, Quilici, & Cirese, was located in the City Hall Square Building on Clark Street in Chicago’s Loop. It was a brisk 10-minute walk to the Cook County Courthouse and Jail. Cirese crossed the Clark Street Bridge, glancing at the Chicago River …
The Columbus hidden from history
This is the Christopher Columbus the anti-maskers who fought to keep his statue in Chicago do not want you to see. Columbus was viceroy over his little kingdom (Haiti and the Dominican Republic – he never set foot on North America) for eight years before his atrocities and those of his brothers led to his …