Friday Afternoon Linkage

8 March 2013, 1230 EST

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Happy International Women’s Day.

In my weekend reading, I’ll be trying to make sense of some of this week’s bizarre events.

  • And you thought American politics were messed up. Marco Zerbino unpacks the current Italian scene: “Coupled with Grillo’s rise, Berlusconi’s resurgence signals a stable right-wing hegemony in Italian politics and society.”