Don’t mention that Mussolini saved Jews: it is Politically Inconvenient to do so (tags)
Mussolini saved more Jews than Schindler! For once, the word ‘controversial’, so often used to describe any old bit of routine leftism, is justified. That Mussolini saved Jews has long been known, especially to non-left-wing Italians, though that includes few Italian intellectuals. But not known widely; it is not something which Anglo-Saxons emphasise about Mussolini. Was not Mussolini Hitler’s ally? How could he have saved Jews?
Actors and musicians have chosen the impending war with Iraq as a cause that requires them to speak out. While the mainstream media attacks them for their views and actions, their basic rights to protest as citizens are being ignored.