Umanità Nova
Encyclopedia
Umanità Nova is an Italian anarchist
newspaper founded in 1920.
It wa published daily until 1922, when it was shut down by the fascist regime
. In some places its circulation exceeded that of the socialist paper Avanti!
. Upon the fall of the regime in 1945, publication began again, this time as a weekly.
The paper continues today and Umanità Nova is the mouthpiece of the Italian Anarchist Federation.
Contributors to Umanità Nova include Errico Malatesta
, Antonio Cieri (the founders), and Camillo Berneri
.
Anarchism in Italy
Italian anarchism as a movement began primarily from the influence of Mikhail Bakunin, Giuseppe Fanelli, and Errico Malatesta. From there it expanded to include illegalist individualist anarchism, and anarcho-syndicalism. It participated in the biennio rosso and survived fascism...
newspaper founded in 1920.
It wa published daily until 1922, when it was shut down by the fascist regime
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
. In some places its circulation exceeded that of the socialist paper Avanti!
Avanti! (Italian newspaper)
Avanti! is an Italian daily newspaper, born as the official voice of the Italian Socialist Party, published since December 25, 1896. It took its name from its German counterpart Vorwärts.-History:...
. Upon the fall of the regime in 1945, publication began again, this time as a weekly.
The paper continues today and Umanità Nova is the mouthpiece of the Italian Anarchist Federation.
Contributors to Umanità Nova include Errico Malatesta
Errico Malatesta
Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarcho-communist. He was an insurrectionary anarchist early in his life. He spent much of his life exiled from his homeland of Italy and in total spent more than ten years in prison. He wrote and edited a number of radical newspapers and was also a friend of...
, Antonio Cieri (the founders), and Camillo Berneri
Camillo Berneri
Camillo Berneri was an Italian professor of philosophy, anarchist militant, propagandist and theorist....
.