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Pro-Fascist Italian Official Honored at NYC Columbus Day Parade

HeadlineOct 10, 2005

Meanwhile here in New York, protests are scheduled at today’s Columbus Day Parade against the invitation of an Italian cabinet minister who once fought for Benito Mussolini. The official — Mirko Tremaglia–is one of the honored guests at today’s parade along with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Tremaglia is a member of the right-wing National Alliance Party and is a former member of the pro-fascist Italian Social Movement. Last year he was strongly condemned by gay rights groups when he publicly said “Poor Europe, the faggots are in the majority.”

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