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...

DAJE! A note on the mayoral election in Rome

It's election time in Italy.  Romans are going to the polls today (Sunday) and tomorrow, to elect, among other officials, a mayor for th...

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...

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 ...

PRESENTE: A Close Look at a Tuscolano Poster

While spending a pleasant evening in the quartiere of Tuscolano, one of our old haunts, we--Dianne, actually--noticed a poster.  On the surf...

Nero Burned Rome: A Favorite Poster

Italians, and Romans, love and hate their posters. On the one hand, the poster is a preferred form of advertising and selling a product, whe...

Poster Wars

The elections to the European parliament are finally over, amid much hand-wringing (and, in England, abject apologies) on the part of centr...