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University of Trento Student Council President Resigns Over Red Brigades T-Shirt

Denunciations from university leadership, lawmakers, victims’ advocates highlighted tensions between free expression versus the glorification of political violence.

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Overview

  • In late June, photos on Instagram showed Agnese Tumicelli wearing a T-shirt depicting a brigatista Barbie and the red Renault 4 linked to Aldo Moro’s 1978 kidnapping and execution.
  • Fratelli d’Italia deputy Alessandro Urzì demanded action in Parliament and Rector Flavio Deflorian deemed the imagery unacceptable for an institutional representative.
  • Tumicelli issued an apology for any unintended offense and resigned as president of the student council and member of the university’s administrative council.
  • The T-shirt was produced and distributed by Innioranza, a semi-clandestine group known for creating content that glorifies the Red Brigades.
  • The controversy has reignited debate at the University of Trento over balancing freedom of expression with condemnation of symbols of political violence.