Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Common Abbreviations in Text and Notes
- Introduction: The Fascist Archipelago
- 1 Squad Violence
- 2 Institutions of Fascist Violence
- 3 Breaking the Anti-Fascists, 1926-1934
- 4 The Archipelago
- 5 The Politics of Pardons
- 6 Everyday Political Crime
- 7 Ordinary Fascist Violence
- 8 The Politics of Everyday Life
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Everyday Political Crime
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Common Abbreviations in Text and Notes
- Introduction: The Fascist Archipelago
- 1 Squad Violence
- 2 Institutions of Fascist Violence
- 3 Breaking the Anti-Fascists, 1926-1934
- 4 The Archipelago
- 5 The Politics of Pardons
- 6 Everyday Political Crime
- 7 Ordinary Fascist Violence
- 8 The Politics of Everyday Life
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Mentre me leggo er solito giornale spaparacchiato all'ombra d'un pajaro
vedo un porco e je dico: – Addio, majale! -
vedo un ciuccio e je dico: – Addio, somaro! -
Forse ‘ste bestie nun me capiranno,
ma provo armeno la soddisfazzione de poté di' le cose come stanno senza paura de finí in priggione.
Trilussa, “All'ombra” (1932)As I read my usual newspaper, relaxed in the shadow of a pile of straw,
I see a swine and say: “Good day, pig!”
I see a mule and say: “Good day, donkey!”
Maybe these beasts won't understand me
but at least I'll have the satisfaction of being able to tell things straight, without the fear of ending up in prison.
Trilussa, “In the Shade”In October 1935, Fascist Italy launched a full-scale military invasion of Ethiopia. Thereafter, Mussolini thrust his nation into a series of military adventures: the Spanish Civil War (1936-9), the annexation of Albania (1939), and, during the Second World War, the attacks on France (June 1940) and, later, Greece (October 1940). For many historians, Ethiopia signaled the beginning of the regime's “totalitarian turn,” a phase of Fascism in which warfare and radical domestic policies drove a “process of progressive ‘totalitarianization’” and a “cultural revolution.” In the past, Mussolini had spoken about, and to some extent pursued, the project of creating the new “Fascist man” (uomo fascista) but always as a long-term objective.
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- Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy , pp. 166 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010