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With economic crises and a massive influx¹ of migrants, extreme right-wing movements have gained a lot of ground in Europe. Italy is no exception. As NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports, seven decades after the fall of Mussolini's dictatorship, some neo-fascist² groups are setting their sights on getting back into parliament.

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting in foreign language).

SYLVIA POGGIOLI, BYLINE³: Several thousand angry Italians are marching in downtown Rome. They're protesting a bill granting citizenship⁴ to children born in Italy to long-term resident foreigners. Sara Polimeno came from the northern Piedmont region to demand a stop to migrants.

SARA POLIMENO: (Through interpreter) There is an invasion of Muslims imposing⁵ their religion on us. They have different customs and culture. And they're upsetting all our habits. They're demanding too much. Enough.

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting in foreign language).

POGGIOLI: Protesters shout, homeland, employment and identity. We will defend our civilization - buzzwords reminiscent of fascist ideology⁶. Giovanni Orsina, political science professor at Rome's Luiss University, says pockets of hard-core fascist sympathizers have long existed in Italy.

GIOVANNI ORSINA: This area of nostalgia⁷, of ideological⁸ persistence⁹ of fascism - today has more leeway - can use the new issues of migration¹⁰, identity in order to grow stronger.

POGGIOLI: One neo-fascist group riding the anti-migrant wave is Casa Pound, named after American poet Ezra Pound - a fascist propagandist during World War II. It has spearheaded violent actions against migrant housing and aggressive confrontation¹¹ with migrant vendors¹² on the Roman seashore in Ostia.

In Ostia's recent municipal election, Casa Pound surged from 1 percent of votes cast four years ago to 9 percent. Posters had urged voters to send fighters to city hall and claimed we put Italians first - first in housing, welfare and education. With parliamentary elections next spring, Casa Pound is now aiming for a role on the national stage. Thirty-two-year-old Casa Pound leader Luca Marsella explains what it means to be a fascist today.

LUCA MARSELLA: (Through interpreter) It means to love Italy. It means giving one's self to the welfare of our nation to fight for the good of our nation.

POGGIOLI: With the arrival of more than 600,000 mostly African migrants in the last four years, racist¹³ incidents and extreme right-wing posts on social media have surged. The lower house has approved a government bill that would ban distribution of propaganda, images and symbols of fascist and Nazi¹⁴ ideologies¹⁵. Offenders¹⁶ risk up to two years in jail. MP Emanuele Fiano of the governing Democratic Party wrote the bill.

EMANUELE FIANO: (Through interpreter) This law doesn't punish a person who says I'm a fascist or Nazi. It punishes propaganda of ideas that are clearly against liberty and democracy.

POGGIOLI: Opposed by right-wing parties and the Maverick¹⁷ Five Star Movement, the bill is before the Senate. But with just a few months left in the legislature, it's not certain it can become law before the next election campaign. Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News, Rome.

1 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

2 fascist   

adj.法西斯主义的；法西斯党的；n.法西斯主义者，法西斯分子

参考例句：

• The strikers were roughed up by the fascist cops.罢工工人遭到法西斯警察的殴打。
• They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

6 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

7 nostalgia   

n.怀乡病，留恋过去，怀旧

参考例句：

• He might be influenced by nostalgia for his happy youth.也许是对年轻时幸福时光的怀恋影响了他。
• I was filled with nostalgia by hearing my favourite old song.我听到这首喜爱的旧歌，心中充满了怀旧之情。

8 ideological   

a.意识形态的

参考例句：

• He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。
• He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作，对我有很大帮助。

9 persistence   

n.坚持，持续，存留

参考例句：

• The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
• He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。

10 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

11 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

12 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

13 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

14 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

15 ideologies   

n.思想（体系）( ideology的名词复数 )；思想意识；意识形态；观念形态

参考例句：

• There is no fundamental diversity between the two ideologies. 这两种思想意识之间并没有根本的分歧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Radical ideologies require to contrast to their own goodness the wickedness of some other system. 凡是过激的意识形态，都需要有另外一个丑恶的制度作对比，才能衬托出自己的善良。 来自辞典例句

16 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

17 maverick   

adj.特立独行的；不遵守传统的；n.持异议者，自行其是者

参考例句：

• He's a maverick.He has his own way of thinking about things.他是个特异独行的人。对事情有自己的看法。
• You're a maverick and you'll try anything.你是个爱自行其是的人，样样事情都要尝试一下。