Kicked out of April 25: the Left’s latest contradiction
A day meant to unite
April 25 should be one of those rare days when Italy comes together. It marks the end of dictatorship, the return of freedom, and the rebirth of democratic Italy. It should belong to the whole nation, not to one political tribe.
Yet in Milan, it became something else entirely: another display of intolerance by people who speak constantly about democracy, inclusion, and resistance, but struggle to accept anyone outside their own ideological circle.
Right behind the Jewish Brigade
We from Forza Italia Giovani were there peacefully, carrying Italian, European, and party flags. We were positioned just behind the Jewish Brigade.
That detail matters.
The Jewish Brigade represents Jewish volunteers who fought against Nazism and helped liberate Europe. Their presence on April 25 should be welcomed with gratitude and respect. Instead, this year they were surrounded by hostility and effectively pushed away from the march.
For the first time in decades, even they were treated as unwelcome guests.
The ugly return of antisemitism
What happened was not just political tension. It was uglier than that.
Among the insults shouted were phrases such as “you should have become soap,” a revolting reference to Nazi extermination camps. There is no clever interpretation of words like that. No excuse. No political context that can soften it.
It was naked antisemitism.
And it exposed something many prefer not to discuss: parts of the radical left are willing to tolerate hatred when it is directed at Jews or connected to Israel. They denounce discrimination loudly, but selectively.
We were targeted too
That same atmosphere quickly turned toward us.
We were insulted, shoved, threatened. One of my flags was ripped from my hands. Not because we had provoked anyone, but because our mere presence was enough to anger people who believe certain public spaces belong only to them.
That is the real contradiction. They celebrate liberation while trying to exclude others. They claim to defend pluralism while behaving like gatekeepers.
History is bigger than them
April 25 was never the property of one faction. Italy was liberated by people from different political traditions: liberals, Catholics, democratic socialists, members of the resistance, ordinary soldiers, and above all the Allied forces who fought and died on Italian soil.
Anyone trying to reduce that history to a single flag is shrinking it for political convenience.
We will keep showing up
Neither insults nor stolen flags will change our position.
We will continue to attend. We will continue to say that freedom belongs to everyone. And we will continue to reject the idea that national memory should be controlled by those who shout the loudest.
If a celebration of liberty cannot tolerate Jews and political opponents, then the problem is not those attending the march.
It is those who have forgotten what liberty means.
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