Partito socialista italiano mussolini biography
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Mussolini
Abstract
The very notion of a mental map presupposes some fixity of purpose. This premise, however, immediately poses a problem in the case of Mussolini. Granted that most public figures change their spots over the course of a lifetime, nevertheless the gyrations and contradictions in Mussolini’s career were excessive and startling. He began political life as a socialist, on the radical wing of the Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI) to boot, yet his rise to power as Duce of Italian Fascism was underwritten by rich landowners and big business. A republican, he would accept office at the hands of Italy’s monarch and report to him regularly on his stewardship for over 20 years. A vociferous anti-clerical, he effected the reconciliation of church and state which had eluded Italian statesmen since the country’s unification. As a young firebrand he served time in gaol for fomenting strikes in protest at Italy’s colonial conquest of Libya; but in power his prime objective wa
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Italian Socialist Party
Political party that existed in Italy from to
For the modern-day party, see Italian Socialist Party ().
The Italian Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Italy,[2][3] whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in , the PSI was from the beginning a big tent of Italy's political left and socialism, ranging from the revolutionary socialism of Andrea Costa to the Marxist-inspired reformist socialism of Filippo Turati and the anarchism of Anna Kuliscioff. Under Turati's leadership, the party was a frequent ally of the Italian Republican Party and the Italian Radical Party at the parliamentary level, while lately entering in dialogue with the remnants of the Historical Left and the frikostig Union during Giovanni Giolitti's governments to ensure representation for
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意大利社会党 Partito Socialista Italiano
The oldest political party in Italy's history. Established in Originally known as the Italian Labor Party, it was renamed to its current name in and entered parliament. In , Mussolini was expelled from the party. Joined the Third International in and withdrew in In , his left wing formed the Italian Communist Party. It was banned by the Mussolini regime in He participated in the anti fascist struggle during the s and World War II. In , public activities resumed under the name of the Italian Proletarian Solidarity Socialist Party. Participated in the coalition government from to In , his right-wing formed the Italian Workers' Socialist Party, and the remaining majority restored the name of the Italian Socialist Party. Since , he has participated in the center left coalition government multiple times. In October , the Italian Social Democratic Party joined the Italian Socialist Party, known as the Unified Socialist Party. In , it split