Fabio Luppino's 'Quei giorni torneranno' blends nostalgia with hope for youth

Journalist and writer Fabio Luppino has published 'Quei giorni torneranno' (Santelli Editore, 2023), a book that navigates nostalgia for a past era of political activism and ethical journalism while expressing hope for the future. Luppino reflects on his career at L'Unità, Secolo XIX, Corriere della Sera, and Huffpost, contrasting the engaged journalism of his youth with today's superficial media landscape. The book profiles five women emblematic of that lost political and journalistic integrity. Luppino cites Fabrizio De André and includes a cover photo by Alberto Pais. He addresses young people directly, promising they will change the world for the better. The work serves as both a memoir and a manual for aspiring journalists, emphasizing that journalism should denounce and attack injustices, even if it cannot change the state of things. Luppino argues that women drive change and that society has suffered a collapse of human depth, but he insists we are not at the end of history.