Tuesday, 22 May 2007

Giacomo Matteotti

Giacomo Matteotti was born in 1885. He was a socialist activist and member of the Italian Socialist Party. After the publication of his book The Fascisti Exposed in June 1924 he was brutally murdered and Mussolini was implicated. Italy is full of streets and piazzas named after him and there is a large monument in Roma.

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