Castellammare di Stabia – Posters depicting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni upside down have appeared in the past few hours on several streets in the Annunziatella district of Castellammare di Stabia, sparking immediate political controversy and outrage.
The posters display an upside-down photo of the Prime Minister, accompanied by harsh accusations: "Italian government complicit in genocide, servant of the US, the EU, and the Zionists, enemy of workers" and "Oust the Meloni government." The initiative was openly supported by the CARC (Committees in Support of the Resistance – for Communism) party, which defended the choice and the meaning of the gesture through its own channels.
In a statement published on their website, the Carc claim that the image is “not at all controversial” and that the reference to the historic photograph of Mussolini upside down “represents the country's liberation from Nazism.”
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The group defines the use of this iconography as "divisive and shocking only for fascists or those who want to erase the history of the Italian workers' and communist movement," arguing that today "Italy must be freed from warmongers, accomplices of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the enemies of workers embodied by the Meloni government."
The incident has sparked mixed reactions in local and national politics. Some call it an "unacceptable and violent" act, while others consider it "a political provocation, albeit an extreme one." Meanwhile, the DIGOS (Italian Special Operations Division) is investigating the methods used to display the posters and possible violations of regulations regarding political propaganda.
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Reactions to the poster issue have varied widely. Some see them as an attack on the government, while others believe it's a legitimate form of expression. This demonstrates the complexity of the political situation in Italy.