Propaganda (2010)

Since the formation of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, the Fascists made heavy use of propaganda, including pageantry and rhetoric, to inspire the nation into the unity that would obey. Party's main propaganda tool was Il Popolo d'Italia ("The People of Italy"), a newspaper founded by Benito Mussolini in 1914. Once in power, all propaganda efforts were grouped together under the press office; propaganda efforts were slowly organized until a Ministry of Popular Culture was created in 1937. A special propaganda ministry was created in 1935, claiming that its purpose was to tell the truth about fascism, to refute the lies of its enemies, and to clear up ambiguities, which were only to be expected in so large and dynamic a movement.