Barbara Serra
Barbara Serra is an Italian-British journalist, news anchor and author. She produced and presented the award-winning documentary “Fascism in the Family” (2020). In 2019, she was awarded a knighthood by the Italian government for her work in international journalism. She writes the newsletter News With a Foreign Accent.
Latest from Barbara Serra
The Normalization of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni
If Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s New Year’s resolution in January 2023 was to gain international acceptance, then she has succeeded. Love her or loathe her, the perception of her as an unreliable firebrand with neo-fascist sympathies has changed. But her authoritarian style of governance remains a danger.
My American and British Friends Used To Laugh About Berlusconi’s Populism. They’re Not Laughing Anymore
The beating heart of populism is telling people what they want to hear, which is, by its very nature, nation-specific. You need to speak to your audience’s particular weaknesses, fears and wounded pride. Italians have a phrase, “He spoke to the stomach of the people.” And that’s what Berlusconi did.