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Well, before the Financial Crisis turned them into deficit hawks, both Cameron and Mrs Merkel were thought to be "Red Conservatives", you could start from here ...

By the way, in the 70s and till the mid 80s it was the Serbian ruling class that supported first and foremost Yugoslavism and liberal reforms, contrarily to the conservative Slovenian, Croat and Bosniak leaders, who advocated strict Kardeljsm.

This is completely absurd, considering that Yugoslavia was constantly outvoted by the other republic with support from its two"provinces", and that besides Aleksandar Rankovic no Serb arrived to one of the top civilian positions of the Yugoslav state.

A independent Sicily near the 50s is pretty much ASB, excpet if the Communist Party takes over. Your only chances are between 1943 nd 1946, with Umberto II accepting to launch a de facto civil war as King in Sicily being very close to ASB itself. In any case, it would be a Banana Republic...

Mmmh ... I don't think we were that doomed. By the way, French ruling classes flirted with Authoritharianism, if not Fascism, for quite a long, before enthusiastically supporting Pètain ... When VE3 came to power, he refused a brutal crackdown on the Left despite the killing of his father by...

When he came to the Throne, he was considered pretty progressive ...

A socialdemocratic Italy, which is likely in the 30s, could well support austrian socialists against Dolfuss ... It is true that socialist leader Turati supported a German union, but if Germany goes nazi or authoritarian, anschluß won't pass easily ...

Ah, well, it could take many unexpected spins: 1- Berlusconi listens to an early plan by Craxi, when the situation is not totally deteriorated, and creates a vaguely center-leftist party, maybe with support from Pannella, to rally liberal and moderate social forces behind Giuliano Amato...

In 1956, the PCI very much supported repression, it was only a fringe led by Giolitti and others who deserted, the real rift happened with Prague 1968 ... I agree on the nation-wide Red Triangle, but I can see normalization in a comparatively short term, by coopting partisans in the new...

It really depends: -After WW2, as the Communists will take the lead, you'll see energic attempts at reconciliation and cooptation of the Catholics, Italian communists voted in favour of keeping Catholicism as State Religion at the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. Of course the Papacy wouldn't mind, and...

Ouch, my bad, I got confused and mixed Bonsignore e Castoldi ! Well, Castoldi then could definitely be a P2-ist socialist ...the wily smart bastard :D

Don't forget also Luigi Tenco, he had a fairly atomic-ish song, although I can't remember the title ...and even Lucio Dalla !

Speaking of Gladio, here you can find a very interesting book by Paolo Inzerilli, former commander of GLADIO itself, defending the organization and detailing its history and structure. A very interesting read and terrific piece of information :) http://www.robertochicco.com/iGladio/

Uhm uhm, please elaborate ! :cool:

Well, it could well have failed, and the thing backlashed on the PCI !