Holocaust survivor receives death threats so thousands of Italians escort her through the streets

[Bayard]

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Liliana Segre is an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor and Italian senator-for-life who has been under police protection because of anti-Semitic threats to her life. On Tuesday, Segre was escorted through the streets of Milan, along with hundreds of Italian mayors and thousands of supporters, in a march of support. Behind her a banner was unfurled that read “Hatred has no future.”

Segre has come under fire from the right-wing fascistic elements of our world after promoting “a new parliamentary panel against racism, discrimination, anti-Semitism and online hatred,” according to TIME magazine.

Italy has seen the rise of neofascist right-wing elements like the rest of the world in recent years. The Forza Nuova party has taken a violent line on refugees and immigrants as the reasons for the economic inequalities that have plagued Italy. And anti-Semitic fervor has underpinned this fascistic hatred as it always does. Quite a strange flag for people to fight against, but then again, our president is Donald Trump with henchmen like Sebastian Gorka.

CNN reports that 600 mayors marched with Segre, while the crowd chanted her name and sang an anti-fascist song "Bella Ciao."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/12/1905195/-Holocaust-survivor-receives-death-threats-so-1-000s-of-Italians-escort-her-through-the-streets?detail=emaildkre

[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[Sherman A1]

2. K&R

[FM123]

3. This story brought tears to my eyes.

And warmed my heart at the same time.

[Skittles]

4. all decent folk worldwide must fight fascism

fuck those fearmongering bastards, they CANNOT and WILL NOT WIN

[iluvtennis]

9. + 1. nt

[crickets]

5. Beautiful. nt

[Duppers]

6. I'll second that. 👍

Touchingly beautiful.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

7. Hatred has no future..that would be a great mantra for 2020 Dem campaign/convention. Great post..gav

..me pause-- that there are many decent people around the world;that we are not alone in our daily fight to keep our democracy, democracies of our allies strong and vibrant. Hatred has no future!

Ps. Paz

[pazzyanne]

8. K & R!

[wnylib]

10. We could use more of that spirit in the US.

When unarmed African Americans are killed by police, it is African Americans who protest. Why doesn't the rest of the country protest this violation of human rights? If we did, then Barr could not threaten to withhold police services from specific communities for protesting.

When synagogues and kosher food stores are attacked, why aren't there large protests from everyone?

When the lives and civil rights of one group are threatened, it is a threat to all of us and our way of life. A united front can defeat fascism. Indifference defeats ourselves.