I live in delulu world, so even if the CX-2 clone isn't Tech, it doesn't mean that Tech is not alive. Maybe he is out there with amnesia, maybe living his best life as a pod racer or like a pirate, or maybe Saw Gerrera found him and never told him about his past, and Tech is working with him and the Partisans. He even might have met Jyn Erso when she was a kid, and maybe he has a few memories of Omega that he sees through Jyn.
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25 April - Anniversary of Italy's Liberation
25 April also known as the Anniversary of Italy's Liberation is a national holiday in Italy that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, puppet state of the Nazis and rump state of the fascists, culmination of the liberation of Italy from German occupation and of the Italian civil war in the latter phase of World War II. That is distinct from Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica), which takes place on 2 June and commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum.
Every year on 25 April Italy celebrates Liberation Day, known in Italian as Festa della Liberazione, with a national public holiday.
In addition to the closure of schools, public offices and most shops, the day is marked with parades across the country, organised by ANPI, Italy's partisan association which preserves the memory of the Resistance movement against Fascism.
The occasion is held in commemoration of the end of the Fascist regime and of the Nazi occupation during world war two, as well as the victory of Italy's Resistance movement of partisans who opposed the regime.
Formed in 1943, the partigiani comprised a network of anti-Fascist activists, from diverse backgrounds including workers, farmers, students and intellectuals, across Italy.
Resistance
Together they united in armed resistance against the Nazi occupation and the Fascist regime, making their struggle both a war of liberation and a civil war.
The annual event marks the day in 1945 when a nationwide radio broadcast calling for a popular uprising and general strike against the Nazi occupation and Fascist regime was announced by the National Liberation Committee of Upper Italy (CLNAI), a political umbrella organisation representing the Italian Resistance movement.
This announcement - made by partisan and future president of Italy Sandro Pertini - resulted in the capture and death of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, who was shot three days later.
The Festa della Liberazione represents a significant turning point in Italy's history, paving the way for the referendum of 2 June 1946 when Italians voted in favour of a republic and against the monarchy which had been discredited during the war and whose members went into exile.
Scurati controversy
This year's event takes place against the backdrop of a political controversy after the state broadcaster RAI stopped a well-known Italian writer from delivering an anti-fascist monologue on television a few days before the Festa della Liberazione.
Antonio Scurati accused RAI of censorship after his monologue was dropped abruptly from the Saturday night talkshow Chesarà for "editorial reasons".
The writer claimed that the move highlighted the alleged attempts by premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government to exert its influence over the state broadcaster which has seen several veteran presenters leave over the last year including Fabio Fazio, Bianca Berlinguer and Amadeus.
In his speech Scurati criticised the "ruling post-Fascist party" for wanting to "re-write history" rather than "repudiate its neo-fascist past".
RAI director Paolo Corsini rejected any talk of censorship, as did Meloni who responded to the controversy by posting Scurati's text on her Facebook page, stating that the broadcaster had "simply refused to pay 1800 euro (the monthly salary of many employees) for a minute of monologue".
Meloni added that the Italian people "can freely judge" the contents of the text which was later read live on air by Chesarà presenter Serena Bortone in an act of solidarity with Scurati.
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Really refreshing to read an insightful and on-point take on the Russian invasion of Ukraine from a Marxist group that doesn't parrot tankie/Stalinist talking points. BONUS: detailed listing of the Russian and Ukrainian partisan movements pushing back and sabotaging the invasion!
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Dainava district partisans wear Lithuanian army uniforms with basic equipment elements; the partisan on the right is following the mark of the Riflemen's Union. Armed with a German Mauser rifle and a Russian Shpagin pistol with a machine gun in 1946. Lithuanian partisans fought against the Soviets. Combat formations existed until 1953. This Lithuanian war is called - war after war.
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The Partisans - No Future Demo - 1981
Wales’s finest. My old roommate got me into The Partisans back in 1987, I got him into Bad Brains and The Circle Jerks!
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Italian partisan, Stefano Candela (known as ‘Eolo’), photographed in a village in Piedmont, a region of Italy that borders France and Switzerland. Photograph taken in October 1944. Credit: julius.colorization
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