Giorgia Meloni – the political provocateur set to become Italy's first far-right leader since Mussolini
- Written by Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Associate Professor of Critical Cultural & International Studies, Colorado State University
A 'V' for victory for Giorgia Meloni?Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty ImagesIn the autumn of 1922, Benito Mussolini, the ambitious and charismatic founder of the Fascist Party, became Italy’s youngest prime minister – seizing power in a march on Rome that ushered in a dark period of totalitarian rule.
A century on, Italy looks...