Il Popolo D'italia

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Il Popolo d'Italia

Il Popolo d'Italia ("The People of Italy"), was an Italian


newspaper which published editions every day with the Il Popolo d'Italia
exception for Mondays founded by Benito Mussolini in 1914,[1]
after his split from the Italian Socialist Party.[2] The paper was
founded as a pro-war newspaper during World War I.[3] Founder(s) Benito Mussolini
Manlio Morgagni
Il Popolo d'Italia ran from 15 November 1914 until 24 July 1943
Founded 15 November
and became the foundation for the Fascist movement in Italy
1914
after World War I. The paper, advocating militarism and
irredentism, was subsidized by the French and industrialists on Political Fascist
the pretext of influencing Italy to join the Entente Powers. The alignment
word “socialist” was displayed on the newspaper's masthead until Headquarters Milan
1918 to attract followers to “his idea of a ‘revolutionary war.’”[4]

Mussolini often wrote anonymously for his newspaper, such as when he mocked a proposal for an Italian
copy of "Heil Hitler",[5] or to spread his ideas about Italy increasing its birth rate. From 1936 to 1943 it was
edited by Giorgio Pini.[6]

Among the co-founders were Manlio Morgagni, who became an ardent supporter of Fascism and the
chairman of news agency Agenzia Stefani.

Contributors
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Ungaretti
Luigi Barzini, Sr.
Umberto Saba

References
1. Benito, Mussolini. "Il Popolo d'Italia" (https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96058982/). The Library of
Congress. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
2. Maulsby, Lucy M. (2014). Fascism, Architecture, and the Claiming of Modern Milan, 1922-1943
(https://books.google.com/books?id=_zXJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA137). University of Toronto
Press. p. 136. ISBN 9781442646254.
3. "Italy - World War I and fascism | history - geography" (https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/
World-War-I-and-fascism#ref929656). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
4. Philip Morgan (2003), Fascism in Europe, 1919-1945, New York: NY: Routledge, p. 27
5. Gunther, John (1940). Inside Europe (https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.149663/2015.
149663.Inside-Europe#page/n267/mode/2up). New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 246, 259.
6. Rees, Philip (1990). Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890. p. 296.

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