In 2005, the "Blog di Beppe Grillo", born on a suggestion by Gianroberto Casaleggio, starts as a receptor and incubator of protest publics in Italy. In this article, I will explore the reasons why the initially "horizontal" protest publics that gather around Grillo's blog gradually ...
The M5S claims to be a ‘non party’ (therefore a ‘movement’), based on the apparently bottom-up organisation of the followers of comedian Beppe Grillo’s blog. In fact it has been entirely created via the internet and factually set up by a web marketing company (Casaleggio Associati)...
While the two vice-premiers Matteo Salvini and Luigi di Maio have been making headlines in other areas, Riccardo Fraccaro, a University of Trento graduate in international environmental law who serves as the “minister for relations with parliament and direct democracy”, has recently announced the ...
Ali Howard