Student Bloc, Italy

Blocco Studentesco

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image by Tomislav Todorovic, 27 February 2016

• Description of the Flag

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Description of the Flag

Student Bloc (/Blocco Studentesco/) is a neo-Fascist student movement which was founded in 2006 by the CasaPound organization [1]. Its symbol is the encircled lightning flash, which symbolizes collective action [2] and is designed so as to resemble the 1935-1940 emblem of the British Union of Fascists.

The flag black, with large symbol in white [3, 4, 5, 6]; the lightning flash is supposed to reach the opposite side of the ring, but is often shorter [6]; the ratio may vary somewhat, the one reproduced here is after a flag with the size 98 x 140 cm [7]. Since the Student Bloc is actually the student wing of CasaPound, its members frequently carry both flags together [8, 9, 10].

Sources:
[1] Student Bloc website - presentation of the organization: http://www.bloccostudentesco.org/blocco-studentesco/chi-siamo.html
[2] Student Bloc website - presentation of the symbol: http://www.bloccostudentesco.org/blocco-studentesco/simbolo.html
[3] Student Bloc flags photo: http://www.ilmessaggero.it/photos/PANORAMA/659069_20141024_blocco1.jpg
[4] Student Bloc flags photo: http://bloccopalermo.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/blocco-studentesco-2.jpg
[5] Student Bloc flag photo: http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000nLDxW3AHfQw/s/860/860/man-blocco-studentesco3.jpg
[6] Student Bloc flags photo collage: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KBtzzNr046A/S7JXZjuVemI/AAAAAAAAAHo/azALs9OX_YQ/s1600/Bandiere.jpg
[7] e-mail correspondence with M. Schmoeger, April-May 2013
[8] Photo of the flags of CasaPound and Student Bloc: https://bloccosassari.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sdc10377.jpg
[9] Photo of the flags of CasaPound and Student Bloc: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VLr_55VgkbQ/T6yFS2yPjdI/AAAAAAAAAxE/MI0HAD8g5HA/s400/531352_432832750060930_100000026266140_1680780_1036109981_n.jpg
[10] Photo of the flags of CasaPound and Student Bloc: http://st.ilfattoquotidiano.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/casapound-bandiere-675.jpg

Tomislav Todorovic, 27 February 2016