The Spreading of the Black Lives Matter Movement Campaign: The Italian Case in Cross‐National Perspective*

Following the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 and inspired by actions Black Lives Matter movement in United States, June a wave protest events spread across Europe as well. Based in-depth interviews with key informants involved BLM campaign systematic mapping events, article analyses diffusion Italy. We investigate conditions for diffusion, considering resonance protests time backlash pandemic; channels namely mechanisms thin linked to instantaneous exchange content; effects terms recontextualization ideas narratives from States Italian context, emergence new antiracist organizations intersectional frames that point at colonialism structural racism.