Unitary Socialist Party (Italy, 1922)

Unitary Socialist Party
Partito Socialista Unitario
LeadersGiacomo Matteotti
Filippo Turati
Carlo Rosselli
Giuseppe Saragat
FoundedOctober 1, 1922 (1922-10-01)
Banned1 November 1925
June 19, 1930 (1930-06-19) (de facto dissolved)
Split fromItalian Socialist Party
Merged intoItalian Socialist Party
HeadquartersRome, Italy
NewspaperLa Giustizia
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationLabour and Socialist International
Colors  Red

The Unitary Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Unitario, PSU) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy active from 1922 to 1930. Its outlook was reformist and anti-fascist.

History

The party was founded in November 1922 by the reformist wing of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) led by Rinaldo Rigola, Filippo Turati, Vittorio Emanuele Modigliani, Giacomo Treves, and Giacomo Matteotti, after they had been expelled in October.[1][2] A staunch opponent of Benito Mussolini and Italian fascism,[3] Matteotti was assassinated by Fascists, affiliated to OVRA, in June 1924. The event provoked the Aventine Secession.

Outlawed in November 1925, the PSU remained active as the clandestine Italian Workers' Socialist Party (Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani; PSLI). In June 1930 the PSLI re-joined the PSI. Leading members and activists of the party included Oddino Morgari, Sandro Pertini, Camillo Prampolini, Claudio Treves and Anna Kulischov. The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1930.[4]

Electoral results

Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1924 422,957 (3rd) 5.90
24 / 535
–
Giacomo Matteotti

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rinaldo Rigola (Biella 1868 – Milano 1954)" (in Italian). Museo Torino. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ Brillanti, C. (2018). Le sinistre italiane e il conflitto arabo-israelo-palestinese: 1948-1973. Materiali e documenti (in Italian). Università La Sapienza. p. 230. ISBN 978-88-9377-098-9. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ Maurizio Degl’Innocenti, Matteotti, l’uomo e il politico, in Fondazione Giacomo Matteotti-Fondazione di studi storici Filippo Turati, Matteotti 100 nelle scuole, 2022, p. 25.
  4. ^ Kowalski, Werner. (1985). Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften.