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EPISODE 1

COURAGE BEHIND THE COUNTER: Lessons from a small bar owner in Rome

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Excerpt

« Noemia arrives at the bar. The scene is chaotic : tables are flipped, chairs are broken, there’s broken glass everywhere. Alex is sitting on the floor, blood on his face. « What happened? » she asks.

WHY THIS EPISODE

It explores the immediate dilemma small business owners face between silence and public action.

TAKEAWAY

Visibility can sometimes prompt institutional response, but it also introduces new risks that must be managed.

SOURCES

  1. “La violenza dei Casamonica: il racconto di Roxana del Roxy bar” — YouTube  2018 — Eyewitness testimony: Roxana Roman recounts the violent raid at the Roxy Bar and its immediate aftermath (video interview).

  2. “Roxana del Roxy bar è Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” — Carteinregola — 2019 — Report on the public recognition awarded to Roxana Roman (Cavaliere of the Republic), with context on her denunciation of the Casamonica clan.

  3. “Roxy Bar. Il pestaggio e il coraggio” — Carteinregola / VivereRoma — 2018 —  Account and analysis of the assault at the Roxy Bar and the social reaction supporting the victim.

  4. “Raid al Roxy bar, la vittima: ‘Giustizia è fatta ma il clima non è cambiato’” — La Repubblica (Roma) — 26 February 2019 —Major national press coverage: interview with the victim after judicial decisions and reflection on the continuing climate of intimidation.

  5. “‘Un caffè per la legalità’, il 17 maggio al Roxy bar ‘scorta mediatica’ a chi ha denunciato la criminalità” — Articolo21 — 2018 — Reporting on civil society actions supporting Roxana and public initiatives to protect denunciants.

  6. “Roxy Bar, Cassazione conferma condanna a 6 anni per Antonio Casamonica” — Il Messaggero — 11 September 2020 — Judicial update: coverage of the Supreme Court confirmation of sentencing related to the Roxy Bar case.

  7. “Nuovi Eroi — Roxana Roman” — RaiPlay (video portrait) 2020 Broadcast documentary/profile of Roxana Roman. 

Additional sources in English

8. “Rome’s Casamonica clan: when mafia theatre shocks a city” — The Local Italy — 2015 — — Article on the “Casamonica clan’s public displays (funeral spectacle) that led to wider national attention and subsequent investigations.

  1. “Italy: The Casamonica clan and the role of organized groups in Rome” — Global Initiative (analysis/report excerpt) — [date varies; consult repository] — Analytical reports on organized crime in Italy. 

  2. “Casamonica clan: how a funeral became a turning point in Rome” — France24 (English) — 2015 — International coverage (in English) of the Casamonica funeral spectacle and its political repercussions.

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