Italian Labour Party
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The Italian Labour Party (Partito Operaio Italiano, POI) was a socialist
political party in Italy.
It was founded in 1882 in Milan
by Giuseppe Croce and Costantino Lazzari and was supported externally by the Milanese Socialist League of Filippo Turati
. In 1892 the party was merged with the Italian Revolutionary Socialist Party
of Andrea Costa
and the Socialist League to form the Italian Socialist Party
, led by Filippo Turati.
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
political party in Italy.
It was founded in 1882 in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
by Giuseppe Croce and Costantino Lazzari and was supported externally by the Milanese Socialist League of Filippo Turati
Filippo Turati
Filippo Turati was an Italian sociologist, poet and Socialist politician.-Early life:Born in Canzo, province of Como, he graduated in law at the University of Bologna in 1877, and participated in the Scapigliatura movement with the most important artists of the period in Milan, publishing poetry...
. In 1892 the party was merged with the Italian Revolutionary Socialist Party
Italian Revolutionary Socialist Party
The Italian Revolutionary Socialist Party was a socialist political party in Italy.It was founded in 1881 as Revolutionary Socialist Party of Romagna by Andrea Costa, a fomer anarchist converted to democratic socialism, after his marriage with Anna Kuliscioff...
of Andrea Costa
Andrea Costa
Andrea Costa was an Italian socialist activist, born in Imola.He co-founded the Partito dei Lavoratori Italiani in 1892 after renouncing his anarchist principles in 1879. It is probable that this happened due to his marriage to Russian Socialist Anna Kulischov...
and the Socialist League to form the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
, led by Filippo Turati.