Pasta, a Weapon Against Fascism

Antifascism can be served with a pot of overcooked pasta. On July 25, 1943, after twenty-one years of dictatorship, Benito Mussolini was dismissed and arrested. Amid Italy’s worsening position in World War II, the Fascist Grand Council turned against Mussolini during the night, and Marshal Pietro Badoglio was appointed head of government. Across Italy, the news spread unevenly, slowly, passed by word of mouth, amid rumor and disbelief. Many thought not only that fascism had fallen but that the…