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Errico Malatesta

Also Known As Errico Gaetano Maria Pasquale Malatesta
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Errico Malatesta (1853-1932) was an Italian anarchist, theorist and revolutionary socialist. He edited several radical newspapers over a life spent largely in exile and imprisonment, having been jailed or expelled from Italy, Britain, France and Switzerland. Originally a supporter of insurrectionary propaganda of the deed, he later moved toward advocating syndicalism as a strategy for anarchist social transformation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1853-12-04 1
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1853 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1932-07-22 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1932 1
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1
Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account
Rome, Italy 1
Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account
Italian 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Leading theorist of insurrectionary and later syndicalist anarchism who spent decades in exile and imprisonment across Europe, founded the anarchist journal La Questione Sociale in the United States, and edited the newspaper Umanita Nova in Italy. 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
Umanita Nova 1
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    Errico Gaetano Maria Pasquale Malatesta was an Italian anarchist, theorist and revolutionary socialist.
  • Infobox, birthplace field
    Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
  • Infobox, death place field
    Rome, Italy
  • Lead section, final sentence
    After World War I, he returned to Italy where his newspaper Umanità Nova garnered some popularity before its closure following the rise of Mussolini.
  • Lead section, third and fourth sentences
    Originally a supporter of insurrectionary propaganda of the deed, Malatesta later advocated for syndicalism.
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    Errico Gaetano Maria Pasquale Malatesta was an Italian anarchist, theorist and revolutionary socialist.
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