Antonio Gramsci, Dominic Losurdo, Silvia Fredirici, etc. [Technically Michael Parenti if we go by his surname, and the fact that New York City is rightful Italian land (/s)].
Obviously there are good authors everywhere [and obviously AES states have more], but I feel like Italians get a slightly bigger proportion of non-AES originated publications compared to other places like Germany and Britain [although in the latter’s case, their intellectuals are so endlessly insufferable im genuinely considering calling for a ban on all publications from the god forsaken island]
Anyway, probably just confirmation bias, but if anyone has any thoughts on it then id love to here them
The vatican and catholic power structure was always allied with reactionaries in both europe and latin america, and helped latin american countries hunt down and kill leftists, including liberation theology priests. The last pope, pope Francis, even helped imprison and kill several during the argentian junta.
Highly recommend reading Paul L Williams - Operation Gladio, because it gets into this history, especially the cold-warrior alliance of the CIA / NATO, the catholic church, fascist lodges and stay-behind units in Europe and SA, and the mob. The vatican played a large role in many of anti-communist atrocities of the 20th century.
If we go further back in history, there’s also the “Doctrine of Discovery” - the Catholic church would respond and grant a Catholic colonizer “rights” to colonize an area and eradicate indigenous populations, by issuing the Inter Caetera decree.
Definitely. Christianity was an extremely powerful tool to “pacify” populations, and columbus pretty much inaugurated the era of Christian colonialism.
“If they can’t pacify you with the bible, then they use the gun”.
Yes the Catholic church is trash and many catholics are in turn.
But every now and then, people do take the lessons to heart