Il Popolo d'Italia
Circulation 230,000 (as of 1939)[1] | |
Il Popolo d'Italia (English: "The People of Italy") was an Italian newspaper published from 15 November 1914 until 24 July 1943. It was founded by
The paper was founded in
The war had started several months previously, but Italy was neutral at the time and would remain so until May 1915. Il Popolo d'Italia, advocating
Investigations to identify the sources of funding for the Mussolini newspaper continued even after the World War. The documents found testify both of the provenance and the financiers. In 1917 the United Kingdom financed the newspaper: Mussolini made a commitment, for the sum of 100 pounds a week, to boycott any pacifist demonstrations in Italy. Today the documents found attest to the payment of contributions from Italian industrialists interested in increasing military expenses for Italy's desired entry into the war; among these stand out the names of Carlo Esterle (Edison company), Emilio Bruzzone (Società siderurgica di Savona and Italian Society for the Indigenous Sugar Industry, of which Eridania was the most important member), Giovanni Agnelli (Fiat), Pio Perrone (Ansaldo) and Emanuele Vittorio Parodi (Acciaierie Odero).[8][9]
In the paper's early period, during World War I, the masthead of the newspaper carried quotes from
After the war, Il Popolo d'Italia became associated with the new
Throughout the period of
During his time in power, Mussolini often wrote anonymously for Il Popolo d'Italia, such as when he mocked a proposal for an Italian copy of "Heil Hitler",[11] or to spread his ideas about Italy increasing its birth rate.[citation needed]
From 1936 to 1943, the paper was edited by Giorgio Pini.[12] Among the co-founders were Manlio Morgagni, who became an ardent supporter of fascism and the chairman of news agency Agenzia Stefani.[citation needed]
Following the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy, the newspaper was banned by Prime Minister Pietro Badoglio on 24 July 1943. After the German invasion of Italy and the creation of the Italian Social Republic (RSI), Mussolini explicitly refused to revive the newspaper, since he did not want it to become a mouthpiece of the German occupation forces. Instead, Mussolini generally wrote in the Corriere della Sera, when he felt that it was necessary to publish his declarations.
In 1944, Mussolini sold the headquarters of Il Popolo d'Italia to Italian businessman Gian Riccardo Cella and, after the
Contributors
- Benito Mussolini
- Giuseppe Ungaretti
- Luigi Barzini, Sr.
- Luigi Razza
- Umberto Saba
See also
References
- ^ Alberto Malfitano (June 1995). "Giornalismo fascista. Giorgio Pini alla guida del "Popolo d'Italia"" (PDF). Italia Contemporanea (199).
- ^ "Italy - World War I and fascism | history - geography". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Benito, Mussolini. "Il Popolo d'Italia". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ JSTOR 40257305. Retrieved April 8, 2022
- ^ "Quando Mussolini scaricò la Massoneria" (in Italian). 22 November 2018.
- ^ Denis Mack Smith (1997) [1979]. Modern Italy: A Political History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0300043422. pg. 284.
- ^ O'Brien, Paul (2005). Mussolini in the First World War: The Journalist, The Soldier, The Fascist. Berg Publishers. ISBN 1845200519. pg. 36.
- ^ Falabrino, Gian Luigi (1989). Pubblicità serva padrona (in Italian). Milan. p. 121.
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- ^ ISBN 9781442646254.
- ^ John Gunther (1940). Inside Europe. New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 246–259.
- ^ Rees, Philip (1990). Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890. p. 296.
- ISBN 978-88-389-3300-4.