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migracije v slovenskem »zamejstvu« v italiji po drugi svetovni vojni
among the leftist workers, the Slovenes, and those who supported the ex-
periment of Trieste as an independent state.
The second phenomenon is the depopulation of Venetian Slovenia in
the northern part of the Italian territory along the state border with so-
cialist Yugoslavia and today’s Republic of Slovenia. The phenomenon was
originated, as in other hilly Italian areas, by unfavourable socio-econom-
ic conditions. At the same time, it was also encouraged by a deliberate eco-
nomic policy aimed at diminishing the presence of the Slovene population
and by an artificially created nationalist climate, which in the spirit of the
Cold War and Italian patriotism, associated the Slovene population with
the “Slav-communist” danger.
The article also draws attention to the differences in the organization
and identification of Slovene emigrants from Venetian Slovenia and Trieste
abroad. This was also significantly influenced by the political situation in
their areas of origin. While emigrants from Venetian Slovenia created a
network of ethnically-based communities and organizations, Slovene emi-
grants from Trieste in Australia formed a “Trieste origin” community with
the Italian emigrants. Due to the state affiliation of Trieste with Italy, the
numerical dominance of the Italian component and the Italian language
of communication in immigrant communities, as well as the assimilation
process and the political activities of pro-Italian groups, these communi-
ties and their associations have lost their ethnically and culturally mixed
character and acquired an Italian national one.
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among the leftist workers, the Slovenes, and those who supported the ex-
periment of Trieste as an independent state.
The second phenomenon is the depopulation of Venetian Slovenia in
the northern part of the Italian territory along the state border with so-
cialist Yugoslavia and today’s Republic of Slovenia. The phenomenon was
originated, as in other hilly Italian areas, by unfavourable socio-econom-
ic conditions. At the same time, it was also encouraged by a deliberate eco-
nomic policy aimed at diminishing the presence of the Slovene population
and by an artificially created nationalist climate, which in the spirit of the
Cold War and Italian patriotism, associated the Slovene population with
the “Slav-communist” danger.
The article also draws attention to the differences in the organization
and identification of Slovene emigrants from Venetian Slovenia and Trieste
abroad. This was also significantly influenced by the political situation in
their areas of origin. While emigrants from Venetian Slovenia created a
network of ethnically-based communities and organizations, Slovene emi-
grants from Trieste in Australia formed a “Trieste origin” community with
the Italian emigrants. Due to the state affiliation of Trieste with Italy, the
numerical dominance of the Italian component and the Italian language
of communication in immigrant communities, as well as the assimilation
process and the political activities of pro-Italian groups, these communi-
ties and their associations have lost their ethnically and culturally mixed
character and acquired an Italian national one.
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