Editing Roberto Farinacci (section)

== Early life ==
Born in [[Isernia]], [[Molise]], Farinacci was raised in poverty and dropped out of school at a young age, moving to [[Cremona]] and beginning working on a railroad there in 1909. Farinacci described himself as Catholic.<ref>book: The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler, author: David I. Kertzer  page: 230</ref> Around this time period, he became an [[Italia irredenta|irredentist]] [[Socialism|socialist]] and a major advocate of Italy's participation in the war when [[World War I]] began. After the war, Farinacci was an ardent supporter of [[Benito Mussolini]] and his [[fascist movement]]. He subsequently established himself as the ''[[Ethiopian aristocratic and religious titles|Ras]]'' (local leader, a title borrowed from the [[Ethiopia]]n aristocracy) of the Fascists in Cremona, publishing the newspaper ''Cremona Nuova'' (later on ''Il Regime Fascista'') and organizing [[Blackshirts]] combat squads in 1919. The Cremona squads were amongst the most brutal in Italy and Farinacci effectively used them to terrorize the population into submission to Fascist rule. In 1922, Farinacci appointed himself mayor of Cremona.