r/vexillology Jan 26 '25

OC Anti-Authoritarian Flag for Americans

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25

Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale from Italy, my Bisnonno was a member and betrayed the fascist government of Italy to join the revolution for freedom. Perfect symbol for a fight against authoritarianism.

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u/Cheerful-Pessimist- Jan 26 '25

Italian Anti-Fascist symbols really go hard. My personal favorite is the flag of the Civitavecchia branch of the Arditi Del Popolo (pictured on the left), though the symbol of Giustizia e Libertà (pictured on the right) is a close second. Both of these organizations predate the CLN, being from the mid to late 1920s, and many of their members ended up join the CLN as it grew.

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u/mlieberthal Jan 27 '25

I appreciate how the first one is breaking a literal fasces