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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Collected on this day in 2019, this Youth Front poster, which features the silhouette of a Roman centurion, proclaims "Europe Is Renewed by the Youth." URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/32

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Collected on this day in 2019, this poster was produced by the far-right political activism organization Magnitude Italy to promote the “March for Life” rally in Rome's Piazza della Repubblica on May 18, 2019. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/31

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

On this day in 1937, Italian Marxist philosopher, Antonio Gramsci, passed away from deteriorated health conditions associated with his many years in fascist prison. This poster, which quotes Gramsci's writings, appeared in Rome in December 2018. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/6

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

While this CasaPound Italy poster was intended to promote a discussion on the "magical archeology” of Giacomo Boni at the group's headquarters, its appearance on April 25th, 2019 was intended to visually disrupt Rome's "Liberation Day" celebrations. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/25

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This poster, which features the slogan "Today Just as Yesterday, (East) Rome Is Anti-Fascist," appeared in the alleyways of Rome's Prenestino-Centocelle neighborhood to promote a celebratory public march to Piazza delle Camelie on April 25th, 2019. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/26

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Collected on this day in 2019, this poster features the phrase "Armed Souls," which was borrowed from the neo-fascist rock 'n roll group Final Frontier’s 2010 album by the same name, along with a symbol which closely resembles a Nazi "black sun." URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/24

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Collected on this day in 2019, this poster includes a call to action against an imagined corrupt political class, a suggestion of violence as a legitimate method for pursuing socio-political change, and a reverence for youthful rebellion. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/23

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This poster, which proclaims "We Will Not Forget," commemorates the deaths of brothers Virgilio and Stefano Mattei in 1973, who were killed in an arson attack by far-left militants during a period in Italy’s history known as the “Years of Lead.” URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/21

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Collected on this day in 2019, this poster highlights the way in which Georgia Meloni’s far-right political party, the Brothers of Italy, transformed its public image from a “post-fascist” to a “center-right” party via political branding. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/20

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Collected on this day in 2019, this poster was produced by CasaPound Italy’s neo-fascist youth group, Student Bloc, to commemorate the centennial of Benito Mussolini’s founding of the Italian Fighting Squads movement in Milan on March 23, 1919. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/19

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This roundtable brings together Simone Brioni (Stony Brook) and @amycking.bsky.social (Bristol), in conversation with John Foot (Bristol), to examine the legacy and memory of 1970s political violence and massacres in Italy. . . . #Italy #NeoFascism #Rome

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Roundtable: Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

On this day in 2018, CasaPound Italy hosted a rally in Trieste commemorating Italy’s “victory” in WWI. This poster, which was distributed to promote the group's rally, draws upon Roman symbology, including the goddess Victoria and a laurel wreath. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/10

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This poster commemorates the 2012 death of Pino Rauti, a neo-fascist "patriarch" who disseminated far-right ideas and values, and promoted political violence as a legitimate method for pursuing socio-political change in post-World War II Italy. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/3

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Collected on this day in 2018, this Youth Front poster, which features a young man holding aloft an ignited road flare, celebrates Italy’s far-right youth as "ungovernable." URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/2

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Our “Youthful Rebellion” lesson plan asks students to analyze the strategies by which the contemporary Italian far right promotes a sense of youthful rebellion and its connection to both rhetorical and physical political violence. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/lesson-3-you...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The materials in our CasaPound Italia collection illuminate the group's neo-fascist ideology, cultural activism, youth engagement, and promotion of far-right notions of Italian heritage through street-level propaganda and activities. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Collected on this day in 2018, this poster commemorates the death of Domenico Maria Dorsa – a young member of the far-right groups Nothing Is Superior and the Brothers of Italy – who passed away in a car accident on the outskirts of Rome. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/1/

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The materials in our "Centennials" theme showcase the efforts made by the contemporary Italian neo-fascist community in commemorating the centennials of World War I and the founding of Fascism. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/3

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Our “Mourning and Memory in Historical Context” lesson plan prompts students to compare and contrast the collective memory strategies surrounding war dead and fallen “comrades” of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the contemporary Italian far right. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/lesson-2-mou...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The materials in our Blocco Studentesco collection showcase the youth group's neo-fascist origins, street-level political activism, and its protests against Italy’s education system and government. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The materials in our "Heritage" theme underscore the centrality of “heritage,” in its various expressions, to today's Italian far-right community. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/2

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Our “Making Martyrs” lesson plan asks students to examine the way in which the Italian far right’s dead are constructed as “martyrs” for the neo-fascist movement, and to understand the various implications of this ideologically-motivated framing. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/lesson-1-mak...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The materials in our Acca Larenzia collection highlight the Italian far right’s commemorations of three Fronte della Gioventù members who were killed in 1978, as well as the ongoing collective rituals honoring these neo-fascist “martyrs.” URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The materials in our "Patriarchs" theme highlight the commemoration of post-World War II Italy's neo-fascist leaders among the contemporary Italian far-right community. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/1

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The materials in our "Resistance" theme highlight the existence of, as well as the mass communication strategies deployed by, members of Rome's anti-fascist community. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/9

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The materials in our Anti-Fascism collection highlight the existence of, and the strategies deployed by, the anti-fascist opposition in contemporary Italy. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The materials in our "Elections" theme illuminate the ways in which Italy's (post-)fascist political parties have popularized their far-right views among voters via political branding campaigns. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/8

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The materials in our Zetazeroalfa collection illuminate the rock ‘n roll band’s significant roles in promoting neo-fascist ideas and values in Italy and recruiting members for its parent group, CasaPound Italia. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The materials in our "Martyrs" theme showcase the significance of commemorating the deaths of Italy's neo-fascist militants among the contemporary Italian far-right community. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/7

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The materials in our Unaffiliated or Unknown collection were disseminated by far-right individuals and/or groups whose identities remain unknown or, for various reasons, obscured. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

The materials in our "Liberation" theme underscore the significance of “national liberation,” in its various expressions, to today's Italian neo-fascist community. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/6

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The materials in our Nihil Est Superius collection showcase the group's neo-fascist ideology, youth mobilization, and mass communication strategies via its social media channels. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The materials in our "Rebellion" theme highlight the significance of non-conformity with respect to the socio-political status quo within the contemporary Italian far-right community. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/tours/show/5

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The materials in our Nemesi Italia collection highlight the organization's far-right socio-political agenda, promoting neo-fascist ideas and values among Rome’s youth. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

On this day in 1980, a bomb exploded at Bologna’s central train station, killing 85 and injuring over 200. A number of neo-fascist militants – among them Paolo Signorelli – were tried, but many convictions were overturned. URL: wheremonstersareborn.com/items/show/5

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The materials in our Movimento CAOS collection illuminate the group's far-right activities and propaganda aimed at influencing youth consciousness towards neo-fascist values and practices. URL: www.wheremonstersareborn.com/collections/...

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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Lesson 2: “Mourning and Memory in Historical Context”

Where Monsters Are Born is an Omeka-based digital archive featuring over forty neo-fascist and anti-fascist posters, stickers, and various ephemera from the streets and alleyways of Rome, Italy.

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Where Monsters Are Born @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Collected on this day in 2019, this sticker comes from the neo-fascist youth group Student Bloc’s Aprilia chapter. Located 50 km. south-east of Rome, Aprilia is one of the "New Towns" constructed by Benito Mussolini's dictatorship between 1932 and 1939.

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Blocco Studentesco – 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,…

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