I'm writing directly from the Banana Republic of ITALY (or better club republic) and I agree.
Probably these days are the beginning of one long night for Italy, but PLEASE, don't let that can happen! HELP
I'm sure, 60% of the italian people don't want a regime.

HELP HELP HELP HELP

Ciao, C. :´-(

That's interesting reference material.
I think one of the areas where the British general public are not as equipped as their european counterparts is that as we haven't had the experience of living in a full blown fascist regime, they do not recognise its beginnings. This is what got most of the ordinary italian citizens out on the streets after Friday's violence because they instantly recognised the pattern.

I think there is too much talk of fascism at the moment. This lets 'democracy' off the hook. While fascists can be useful tools of the rulling class - e.g. the 'Stragagy of Tension' in Italy 1969 through to the bombing of Bologna railway station. See:

 http://www.poptel.org.uk/cgi-bin/dbs2/statewatch?query=gladio&mode=records&row_id=7255
 http://www.notbored.org/french-preface.html
 http://www.notbored.org/reichstag.html

- I think a new fascist regime in Italy (or anywhere else) is highly unlikely. Why resort to a fascist dictatorship when the democratic state is such a good guardian of capital. The dichotomy of Fascism/democracy is a false one. They are both forms of domination by capital. On this see:

 http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3909/whenidie/index.html