The Italian Fasci Abroad in «Il Legionario»

After the March on Rome, the fascist regime sought to exert social control over Italian communities abroad. This required the creation of an umbrella organization, the Fasci italiani all’estero, within which the groups of fascists abroad that had emerged spontaneously between 1920 and 1921 could be brought together. The mission of the Fasci abroad was to create a feeling of community among Italian emigrants within the framework of Italy’s higher interests. The article examines the organization of the Fasci abroad through an analysis of their press organ: «Il Legionario». In particular, space will be given to the way the weekly presented Corsica and Malta, two of the territories on which Mussolini’s irredentist aims were directed.