Italian police officers from the country’s anti-terrorism unit have raided a self-styled fascist beach club near Venice<br /><br />The site at Chioggia is littered with a range of signs and posters that hark back to Italy’s fascist era, including images of Il Duce Benito Mussolini and memorabilia from the time. <br /><br />One sign at the Punta Canna beach club reads: “Anti democratic, regime-run zone. Don’t break our balls,” <br /><br />Another says: “No entry: Gas chamber.”<br /><br />Il #fascismo non è né libertà di pensiero né di opinione, il fascismo è un reato. #Chioggia #puntacanna #antifascismo #antifa pic.twitter.com/Sgj259tjFJ— Τruemonitor ️ (@truemonitor) 10 July 2017<br /><br /><br />Enrico Veronese, Vice President of the National Association of Italian Partisans, an anti-fascist group, said: “He is not at home, he is in a public place, which has rules, the rules of the antifascist constitution. He must respect them if he wants to keep his beach club.”<br /><br />However, Punta Canna manager Gianni Scarpa appeared unfazed<br /><br />He said: “I will continue in my order, discipline, cleanliness, I am neither left or right, nor am I afraid of Italian law.”<br /><br />Venice Prefect Carlo Boffi on Monday signed an order for the establishment to “immediately remove all references to Fascism on signs, posters and banners”. <br /><br />Scarpa was also ordered to avoid “the further release of anti-democracy messages”.<br />
