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Echoes of Italian Fascism: Yesterday & Today – Frank & Enzo in Italia

Lingotto, Torino – Via Nizza

Mussolini Quote in Torino Italy - © Frank H. Jump

Mussolini Quote in Torino Italy - © Frank H. Jump

Mussolini Quote in Torino Italy - © Frank H. Jump

La Patria non si nega ma si conquista – Mussolini A. XIV
Don’t deny your country but conquer it (or conquer for it)

Gran Madre – Surrounding Torino Hills

Mussolini Message in Torino Italy - © Frank H. Jump

Benito how much do we miss you

Fascist Graffiti – Torino

Fascist Graffiti - Torino © Frank H. Jump

Fascist Graffiti - Torino © Frank H. Jump

Fascist Graffiti - Torino © Frank H. Jump

Political Campaign Posters

Berlusconi Campaign Poster - Pont Canavese © Frank H. Jump
No more illegals under your home (workers looking for jobs standing below your window)

National Alliance Party - Pont Canavese © Frank H. Jump
As always on the right side. Yours. National Alliance (Fascist Party)

Northern Italian Separatists (Right-Wing) - Pont Canavese © Frank H. Jump
Northern Italian Separatist (Right-Wing) Movement

Fascist Mussolini Quote – San Carlos, TO

Mussolini Message in San Carlo TO -  Italy - © Frank H. Jump

Mussolini Message in San Carlo TO -  Italy - © Frank H. Jump

Mussolini Quote
© Frank H. Jump

When we had asked a local woman about the meaning of this sign, she at first thought we were kidding. She had never noticed it in all the years she had lived there. The dislike of “foreigners” was palpable. Berlusconi won the recent election on an anti-immigrant stance.

Patriotic Red Hook Home – Independence Day – Dreamland

Patriotic Red Hook Home

Patriotic Red Hook Home

Patriotic Red Hook Home
© Frank H. Jump

I wrapped that flag around me like a Dorothy Lamour sarong
And I lay down thinking national with dreamland coming on
Dreamland dreamland…

Joni Mitchell (Dreamland – Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter 1977)

Ghetto Inmates – When You're A Thug – One Man's Truth, Another Man's Myth

James & Madison - Lower East Side

James & Madison - Lower East Side


Real Bad Injuries

Tru-LifeWikipedia
The Truth About Gangs
Common Myths About Gangs: Get the Truth
The Site Fights Anti-Gang Website

Happy LGBTQ Pride – End Racism & Homophobia in Your Lifetime

Notable Gay & Lesbian African Americans
© Frank H. Jump

How To Fight Racism in the LGBT Community by Kathy Belge
On Racism in AmericaPravda RUSSIA Talks About Obama’s Impact on Racism in America
Ways To Fight Homophobia in Your SchoolLA Youth On Coming Out

West Side Salvation – West Side Hwy

West Side Salvation

West Side Salvation
© Frank H. Jump

During the Koch Administration, city contracted businesses had to sign a “non-discrimination” clause which included gays and lesbians. The Salvation Army refused based on religious beliefs. Koch told them they weren’t the only service org in town and if I remember correctly he fired them. I haven’t donated a single thread to them since. HOUSING WORKS gets all of my donations. Down with religious dogma.

Other Salvation Army postings.

Rwandan Genocide Commemorative Stamp – Another Clinton Blunder

Rwandan Genocide Commemorative Stamp

© Frank H. Jump

Photo credits:

More on Rwandan Genocide:

Remembrance of Our Dead – The War With AIDS Isn't Over

“The History Of AIDS In America
Has Been One Of Denial & Suppression…”

Silence = Death/David Wojnarowicz
Remembrance of Our Dead

Wallace Shawn reads from Vito Russo’s Celluloid Closet

AIDSGATE Commemorative Stamp

Memorial Day has always been a bittersweet holiday for me. I don’t know many veterans since many of my friends are gay or lesbian and cannot openly serve in the military. The only legitimate and significant war I have personally experienced been the War Against AIDS. From this day forward, Memorial Day will be a day I will remember those I’ve lost in this war and I invite everyone else to join me.

Sitting and trying to think of the countless people I have encountered in my life who have died from this still stigmatizing disease is a daunting task. Above are some of the names of friends and acquaintances who have touched our lives (Vincenzo and myself) in some way. [I’ve gotten up out of bed and updated the list twice already. I don’t think this is a realistic task for one day.]

This April I have been HIV+ for 24 years – half of my life. Through the years I have begun to have days when I think of the disease only perhaps once or twice a day, but not a single day goes by that I’m not reminded of my mortality at least once – probably due to my adherence to my meds. Then I remember those I’ve lost. I encourage people to share names of their loved ones who have died of AIDS- reminding America of the indignities and indifference they had experienced.

Image citings:

Silence = Death & AIDSGATE – Gran Fury
David Wojnarowicz
Vito Russo

Other similar postings:

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The Ban on HIV/AIDS Immigration

Gonzo Multiverse on the Popagandist Art of Ron English

Ron English
© Ron English

Here’s To All The Money Bush & His Cronies Will Make This Weekend On Gas Revenues

Moscow, PA – Closed Shortly After Katrina

Mini-Mart - Moscow PA
© Vincenzo Aiosa

Gulf Oil Sign – Milford, PA

Gulf Oil Sign - Milford, PA
© Frank H. Jump

Flying A Service Station – Moscow, PA

Flying A Service Station - Moscow, PA
© Frank H. Jump

More on Flying A Service Stations:

Ellen DeGeneres & John McCain on Same-Sex Marriage

Thank you Ellen for all of your courageous cultural contributions to the cause!