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The wind brings cool air and swirling leaves falling gracefully to the ground, covering the lake with brocade flourishes, painting the sky with bursts of flaming colours as the leaves fall from the trees, delicately finding places to land leaving skeletal trees with no cover for the wicked winter to come.   Frances Garofalo was the winner of the 2022…

International Day of Mourning takes place on April 28th to remember workers killed or injured in the workplace. At Toronto's Columbus Centre politicians gather along with a who's who of the Italian community to honour Italian immigrants killed on the job. In 2016, the Italian Fallen Workers Memorial Wall was built to honour 1000 Italian immigrants who died on job…

As Italian Liberation Day approaches every April 25th, the editorial pages of Italy’s national newspapers reignite the national discourse over Mussolini, fascism, and the future of Italian democracy. With the far right’s assent to power, editorial writers warn of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s deep, personal roots in the history of Italian fascism. Adding to the furor, as well as the…

Excerpts from But We Built Roads for Them: The Lies, Racism, and Amnesia that Bury Italy’s Colonial Past, from the English translation by Domenic Cusmano of Noi però gli abbiamo fatto le strade: le colonie italiane tra bugie, razzismi e amnesia *** Some Parts Went Missing In the 20th century, Italy experienced a series of major upheavals on the path…

Every year millions of tourists visit the city of Florence and flock to the Uffizi Gallery for its extraordinary collection of Italian Renaissance paintings. Or they visit the Duomo that dominates the city’s skyline. But nearby is the Basilica of Santa Croce, founded by Saint Francis of Assisi, considered by many as the most important church in Florence. The followers…