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Fascist Italy, Adowa and the Conquest of Abyssinia

Posted on May 14, 2020 by toritto

From the History Archives – 2015 Most folks know of fascist Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia in the 1930’s. The conquering of Abyssinia was greeted in Rome with wild celebration culminating in Il Duce’s famous balcony speech from the Palazzo Venezia … Continue reading →

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A Felon for President – Eugene V. Debs – From the Archives

Posted on March 2, 2020 by toritto

Eugene V. Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1855 to prosperous immigrant parents from Alsace, France.  He attended public schools, dropping out at 14 to take a job on the Vandalia Railroad cleaning grease from freight engines for … Continue reading →

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A Felon for President – Eugene V. Debs

Posted on April 25, 2016 by toritto

Eugene V. Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1855 to prosperous immigrant parents from Alsace, France.  He attended public schools, dropping out at 14 to take a job on the Vandalia Railroad cleaning grease from freight engines for … Continue reading →

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The Jewish Fascist

Posted on October 24, 2015 by toritto

  Ettore Ovazza and Benito Mussolini Ettore Ovazza was one of three brothers born into a wealthy and influential  family in Turin. The Ovazza were one of Italy’s leading banking families with all the privilege and power that comes with … Continue reading →

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Fascist Italy, Adowa and the Conquest of Abyssinia

Posted on August 24, 2015 by toritto

by toritto Most folks know of fascist Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia in the 1930’s. The conquering of Abyssinia was greeted in Rome with wild celebration culminating in Il Duce’s famous balcony speech from the Palazzo Venezia – “I have given … Continue reading →

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The Introduction

Posted on August 13, 2015 by toritto

“Comrade Balabanoff! There is someone here I would like you to meet!” Angelica turned around to face the voice. It was Franco, one of her colleagues on the Central Committee of the Italian Socialist Party. “Good evening! How are you!” … Continue reading →

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The Socialist Collective Has Come!!

Posted on May 26, 2015 by toritto

Pretty sad demonstration.  Notice the line of cops at the left. Yes! “Socialist collectivization” has come! Only one problem – it’s collected at the top. Many socialists have always believed that capitalism would eventually lead to top down collectivization. It … Continue reading →

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Reds – For May Day

Posted on May 1, 2015 by toritto

Fine red cloth covering an altar in a corner of grandma’s room away from the window Old Italian woman wife and mother did you ever miss the tall windows of Naples in high Summer? Moonlight never shined o’er her bed … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of Messina and the Italian Exodus

Posted on January 25, 2015 by toritto

On December 28, 1908 at about 5:30 in the morning the greatest earthquake to ever strike the European continent in modern times struck Messina in Sicily. Messina was home to about 180,000 at the time. It was Italy’s 3rd largest … Continue reading →

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Armed Resistance to Fascism – 1922

Posted on June 20, 2014 by toritto

Guido Picelli – Leader of the Resistence The workers of Parma were socialists to the core; among them a sprinkling of anarchists, syndacalists, communists and the left wing Catholic Workers Party. In 1922 Fascism was delivering the counter-revolution, after two … Continue reading →

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