Avanti! (Italian newspaper)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | Società Nuova Editrice Mondoperaio s.r.l. |
| Editor | Mauro Del Bue |
| Founded | 25 December 1896 |
| Political alignment | 1896–1976: Socialism 1976–present: Social democracy |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy (1896-1993) |
| Website | www.avantionline.it |
Avanti! (meaning "Forward!" in English) is an Italian daily newspaper, born as the official voice of the Italian Socialist Party, published since 25 December 1896. It took its name from its German counterpart Vorwärts, the party-newspaper of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Initially based in Rome, Avanti! moved to Milan in 1911. While the paper advocated neutrality on the eve of World War I (which it viewed as an imperialist conflict), it was becoming infused with the militarist and irredentist attitudes of its editor at the time, future Fascist leader Benito Mussolini (who had risen to prominence as an opponent of Filippo Turati during the Italo-Turkish War). Mussolini's dissent caused his ousting from the party, with Avanti!'s direction being taken over by Giacinto Menotti Serrati. Mussolini then started his own paper, Il Popolo d'Italia, with Syndicalists and dissidents from the Socialist Party.
The paper's headquarters were set on fire by Mussolini's Blackshirts on 15 April 1919, and it was banned by the government in 1926. From that point on, Avanti! was issued as a weekly, and was edited in exile – first in Paris and then in Zürich, at the Ristorante Cooperativo.
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