William Gambetta is a historian at the Center for Movement Studies in Parma, author of numerous essays on Italian anti-fascism and editor of the Guido Picelli anthology La mia divisa. Scritti e discorsi politici.

08.02.2023

In Parma, the Working Class Defeated the Fascists on the Barricades

In August 1922, Benito Mussolini’s Fascists crushed a general strike by force. But on the barricades of Parma, the working class imposed a stunning military defeat on the Blackshirts — a victory that inspired enduring resistance against the Fascist government.

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In Parma, the Working Class Defeated the Fascists on the Barricades