Rebellion
The materials in this theme highlight the significance of non-conformity with respect to the socio-political status quo within the contemporary Italian far-right community.
Pino Rauti – Andare oltre
(Pino Rauti – Go Further)
A former volunteer for Benito Mussolini's Repubblica Sociale Italiana (Italian Social Republic; 1943-45), Pino Rauti was a leading figure among post-World War II Italy's neo-fascist far right community.
In 1956, at the Movimento Sociale Italiano's (Italian Social Movement, MSI) fifth national…
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Paolo Signorelli – Le idee non si uccidono
(Paolo Signorelli – You Cannot Kill Ideas)
During the 1950s, Paolo Signorelli was a branch leader of the Movimento Sociale Italiano's (Italian Social Movement, MSI) university-level youth group, the Fronte Universitario d'Azione Nazionale (National Action University Front), at Sapienza University in Rome. He was involved with the far-right…
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Una gioventù ingovernabile
(An Ungovernable Youth)
Founded in 2015, but based on a dissolved neo-fascist youth organization formerly coordinated by the Movimento Sociale Italiano (Italian Social Movement, MSI), the Fronte della Gioventù's (Youth Front, FdG) objective is to "bring youth back on top." The youth group's contemporary leadership has…
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L'Europa riparte dai giovani
(Europe Is Renewed by the Youth)
Produced by the Fronte della Gioventù (Youth Front, FdG), this poster's message is that "L'Europa riparte dai giovani" (Europe Is Renewed by the Youth). Typifying the Italian far right's reverence for classical Rome, the poster's background imagery features a silhouette of a Roman centurion. As is…
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CasaPound Italia
(CasaPound Italy)
This oversized banner features the logo of CasaPound Italia (House of [Ezra] Pound Italy, CPI), a neo-fascist "accelerationist" organization that describes its members as "third millennium fascists" (2012). The group was founded in 2003, when members forced their way into and subsequently occupied…
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CasaPound Italia – Piemonte
(CasaPound Italy – Piedmont)
This sticker comes from CasaPound Italia's (House of [Ezra] Pound Italy, CPI) Piemonte (Piedmont) chapter, which is located in northern Italy. Although the sticker was likely produced in Piedmont, it was collected from a metal pole just outside of CPI's illegally-occupied Roman headquarters on Via…
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Tamburo dell'avanguardia
(Drum[beat] of the Avant-Garde)
Tamburo dell'avanguardia (Drum[beat] of the Avant-Garde) is the motto of Blocco Studentesco (Student Bloc, BS), a neo-fascist youth group founded in 2006 by CasaPound Italia (CasaPound Italy, CPI). The CPI youth wing's leadership adopted the slogan in 2018 during a publicity campaign which…
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1919-2019
(1919-2019)
On March 23, 2019, Italy's neo-fascist community celebrated the centennial of the founding of Benito Mussolini's Fasci italiani di combattimento (Italian Fighting Squads) movement in Milan's Piazza San Sepolcro, which marked the beginning of Fascism's march to power in Italy.
This poster, produced…
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Blocco Studentesco – Aprilia
(Student Bloc – Aprilia)
This sticker comes from Blocco Studentesco's (Student Bloc, BS) Aprilia chapter, which is located approximately 50 kilometers south-east of Rome. Aprilia – along with Latina (now Littoria), Sabaudia, Pontinia, and Pomezia – is one of the "New Towns" constructed by Benito Mussolini's dictatorship…
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Spezza le catene di Bruxelles
(Break the Chains of Brussels)
Speaking at a press conference in Matera, Italy in May 2019, Roberto Fiore – the National Secretary of the ultranationalist neo-fascist political party, Forza Nuova (New Force, FN), and President of the international far-right political coalition, the Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF) – unveiled…
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Chi osa vince
(He Who Dares Wins)
Produced by Lotta Studentesca (Student Struggle, LS) – Forza Nuova's (New Force, FN) neo-fascist youth group – this poster proclaims that "Chi osa vince" (He Who Dares Wins). Named after a dissolved neo-fascist youth group founded in 1976, LS describes itself as "the gladius [sword] of the Arditi,…
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Lotta Studentesca
(Student Struggle)
Lotta Studentesca (Student Struggle, LS) is Forza Nuova's (New Force, FN) neo-fascist youth group. Founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Marsello in 1997, FN is an ultranationalist far-right political party known for its extreme positions on issues like same-sex marriage and immigration. The party…
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Lotta Studentesca
(Student Struggle)
Lotta Studentesca (Student Struggle, LS) is Forza Nuova's (New Force, FN) neo-fascist youth group. Founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Marsello in 1997, FN is an ultranationalist far-right political party known for its extreme positions on issues like same-sex marriage and immigration. The party…
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Scaglia il tuo dissenso sui signori del potere
(Unleash Your Dissent on the Overlords of Power)
This poster incorporates the logos of three far-right youth groups affiliated with Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy, FdI): Azione Studentesca (Student Action), which between 1995 and 2009 served as the Alleanza Nazionale's (National Alliance, AN) far-right high school-level youth group, but is…
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Tutta brava gente
(All Good People)
This sticker features the phrase "Tutta brava gente" (All Good People) along with an illustration of an automatic, or switchblade, knife. Although somewhat of a common phrase in contemporary Italy, a few clues, here, reveal the sticker's intended meanings. To begin, the sticker was recovered from a…
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Anime Armate
(Armed Souls)
Nemesi Italia (Nemesis Italy, NI) was a far-right youth organization based in Rome. Founded in 2018, NI focused on organizing Rome's high school and university students around a vaguely-conceived neo-fascist program whose objective was to "build a community of purpose and destiny that can help…
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Caos.
(Chaos.)
Movimento CAOS (CHAOS Movement, MC) was a far-right youth group based in Rome. During the three years of its existence (2018-21), MC produced a handful of far-right materials and branded clothing, hosted youth-oriented public events and activities, and staged various "patriotic" demonstrations,…
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Tradizione, formazione, rivoluzione
(Tradition, Training, Revolution)
This poster was produced by the neo-fascist organization Comunità Militante RAIDO (Militant Community RAIDO, CMR). Founded in 1995, CMR sponsors various "militant training groups," boxing and combat sports competitions, and mountaineering, which are intended for young, far-right Roman men. The…
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Famiglia – Scusate se è normale
Family – Sorry If It's Normal
This poster was produced by the far-right political activism organization Magnitudo Italia (Magnitude Italy, MI) to promote the "Marcia per la Vita" (March for Life) rally in Rome's Piazza della Repubblica on May 18, 2019. Near the center of the poster, viewers are confronted by an oversized…
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"The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so."
— Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century