The journalists’ union USIGrai has called for a 24-hour strike at Italian public broadcaster Rai on May 6 and 7, mainly to protest against interference by the right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. They accused Meloni of wanting to turn the broadcaster into a “mouthpiece of the government.” The background to this is the last-minute disinvitation of the writer Antonio Scurati, who wanted to read a text on the day of Italy’s liberation from German occupation and fascism on April 25. During the performance, he wanted to criticize Meloni’s party for its post-fascist origins. The t…