Berlusconi has won. We can already hear the wailing voices
about "black reaction" and a "turn to the right". A closer look at the
situation reveals a different picture. It reveals a polarisation between the
classes of an unprecedented nature.
The centre-left government led by Romano Prodi was put out
of its misery on the night of January 24th, when a vote of
confidence was lost by five votes in the Italian Senate. As we predicted, the Left has
wasted years in supporting class-collaborationist policies in a coalition
government with the bourgeoisie that just paved the way for the return of
Berlusconi to power.
This
interview with Claudio Bellotti, Editor of FalceMartello and Partito della Rifondazione Comunista National Executive Committee member,
was released two weeks ago, before the fall of Prodi's government. It gives a
general outlook of why the coalition failed and the general significance of
these developments.