Poster Lies: Alemanno Advertisements in the 2013 Mayoral Campaign

It's not unlikely that the average Roman gets most of his or her information about the political scene from, of all things, posters.  Th...

X MAS: The Right-Wing Politics of Rome

Raffaella Duelli Incredible, but true.  On consecutive days in June, Rome's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, participated in a ceremony honoring ...

Rome Posters, 2012

  Like the rest of Italy, and unlike the U.S., Rome is a poster city.  There are thousands of them on building walls or in huge metal poster...

Pasquino Lite - Rome's "talking statue" gets a dressing down

 in happier times Rome, a city fairly expert on the protest scale, is experiencing a tightening of the noose by right-wing mayor Gianni ...

Piazza Vescovio: the Anni di Piombo and the Murder of Francesco Cecchin

 Posters honoring the memory of Francesco Cecchin, on via Tembien in the Trieste quarter. The words above, " Raido e' Militanza ...

Testaccio's New Market: RST Weighs In

Tables outside a bar - the only classic Rome bar - in the market Testaccio's new market opened Monday, July 2, to rave reviews from publ...

Santiago Calatrava's Unfinished Swimming Pool at Tor Vergata

Walking to the pool Late in our last visit to Rome, we ventured east of the city on public transportation to have a look at Rome's newes...