- The recently appointed Assessor of Culture in Milan, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory (who succeeds Sgarbi) is committed to focusing on Futurism in 2009, and plans to have a calender of events organized by the end of this month, according to il Giornale.
- The director of the film Futurism. Movimento di arte/vita says that “Those who link Fascism to Futurism are ignorant”, as reported on Culturalnews.it
- Centre Daily News reports that a Penn State grad student in comparative literature was, while waiting in line to vote, “poured over a text of italian futurist poetry.”
Futurism and Politics by Gunter Berghaus
