That suits me just fine.

I’m in a red town. With a history of communist sympathizers. Believe me, that makes me comfortable. Because I’m a socialist at heart. I feel at home, in a sense, in Carbonia in Sardinia. Ironically, Carbonia was founded in the 1930s, under the regime of fascist Benito Mussolini. But that didn’t stop Italy’s communists from flocking to the place. Turns out that Carbonia’s main street has been named Via Gramsci, after Antonio Gramsci, a communist persecuted by Mussolini and died in jail. And at the end of Via Gramsci there’s a piazza named after socialist Giacomo Matteotti, who was killed by Mussolini henchmen. There’s one thing you won’t find in Carbonia. Anything named after Mussolini. Instead, the revered patrons are communists and socialists. That suits me just fine. –Jim Broede