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Showing posts with label Italian Communist Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian Communist Party. Show all posts
27 September 2023

Vittorio Vidali - communist revolutionary

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One-time Russian agent ultimately elected Italian deputy and senator Vittorio Vidali became an agent of the Russian Communist Party The revo...
14 July 2021

Natalia Ginzburg - writer and politician

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Sicilian raised in Turin became one of Italy’s great postwar novelists Natalia Ginzburg (née Levi) with her husband, the  leading anti-Fasci...
10 April 2021

Nilde Iotti – politician

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'The best President of the Republic that Italy never had' Iotti was the first woman to be elected president of the Chamber of Deputi...
1 May 2020

Ignazio Silone – politician and author

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Socialist leader became famous for anti-Fascist novels Ignazio Silone was a founding member of the Italian Communist Party in 1921 Wr...
8 April 2019

Renzo De Felice - historian

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Renzo De Felice was accused of trying to generate sympathy for Fascism Mussolini biographer whose views on fascism aroused anger The...
24 February 2019

Bettino Craxi - prime minister

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The Socialist who broke the grip of the Christian Democrats Bettino Craxi was the first socialist prime  minister of Italy in the mode...
1 February 2019

Teresa Mattei - partisan and politician

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Former Communist who led Italian Women’s Union Teresa Mattei was expelled from school for speaking out against Fascist laws The poli...
2 January 2019

Giulio Einaudi - publisher

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Son of future president who defied Fascists Giulio Einaudi ran his publishing company for more than 60 years Giulio Einaudi, who fou...