The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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228 THE SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. and the revolutionary idea. Both are now established so thoroughly that, next to Spain, Italy is perhaps the most revolutionary country in the world. There is in Italy what is wanting elsewhere : a youth, ardent, energetic, without career, with no outlet, and which, in spite of their bourgeois origin, are not morally and intellectually worn out as in other countries. To-day they throw themselves headlong into revo lutionary Socialism with our whole programme, the programme of the Alliance. Mazzini, our ‘ genial ’ and powerful antagonist, is dead, and the Mazzinian party completely disorganized; while Garibaldi allows himself more and more to be drawn along by this youth of Italy, who bear his name indeed, but who go ahead infinitely faster and further than he.” As Bakunin says, the elements of revolution exist in Italy ; but what renders a revolution almost impossible there is the want of a revolutionary capital. The Americans were well advised to place the head-quarters of their States in small towns. The French Republicans, with less foresight, have made a great mistake in bringing back the Chambers to Paris. The malaria, which renders Rome uninhabitable during part of the year, will preserve it for some time longer from the danger of becoming the seat of a new Commune. Socialist newspapers have swarmed in Italy, thanks to the complete liberty of the press. But they are short-lived, for want of subscribers : they die as soon as they have devoured the small funds provided by some enthusiastic group. Plebe of Milan is, however, an exception ; it has been in existence for fifteen years. Signor Cusumano, a young and learned professor of the University of Palermo, has made a list of the “ red ” journals which have come and gone. The total exceeds eighty.* I borrow from Rudolf Meyer some extracts from news papers which show the tendencies of extreme Socialism. In * Some of the names of these papers are characteristic : for instance, II Communardo, of Fano ; Satam, PAteo and II Ladro (the Robber), oj Livorno ; La Canaglia, of Pavia ; II Lticifero, of Ancona ; Spartaco and La Campana., of Naples ; L'Eguaglianza and La Giustizia, of Girgenti J II Petrolio, of Ferrara ; It Pavero, of Palermo ; VAnticristo, of Milan ; and It Proletario, of Turin.

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