Michele Bianchi
| Michele Bianchi | |
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| Born |
22 July 1883 Belmonte Calabro, Italy |
| Died | 3 February 1930 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | National Fascist Party |
Michele Bianchi (22 July 1883 – 3 February 1930) was an Italian revolutionary syndicalist leader. He was among the founding members of the Fascist movement. He was widely seen as the dominant leader of the leftist, syndicalist wing of the National Fascist Party, and one of the most influential politicians of the regime before his succumbing to tuberculosis in 1930. He as well was one of the grand architects behind the "Great List" (il listone) which secured the parliamentary majority in favor of the fascists.
Bianchi was born in Belmonte Calabro (Calabria), in southern Italy.
He studied law at the University of Rome, and dedicated himself from early on to journalism. He became a member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), and editor of the Party newspaper Avanti!, presiding over the socialist branch in Rome. A delegate to the Bologna Congress in 1904, he backed the syndicalist line enforced by Arturo Labriola.
In 1905, Bianchi renounced his position at Avanti! and took over leadership of the Gioventù socialista (paper of the Federazione dei Giovani Socialisti—youth wing of the PSI). The antimilitarist campaign he led had him imprisoned, then forcibly settled in Genoa. Bianchi adapted to his new residence, and became head of the Ligurian Labor Chamber, as well as editor of the revolutionary paper Lotta socialista.
In 1906, after backing several workers' riots, Bianchi expressed his pacifism in front of the PSI leadership, and was not universally welcomed. Transferred to Savona, he played a crucial part in the events that led the syndicalists out of the PSI—in between the PSI Bologna Congress of 1907 and the first Syndicalist Congress in July 1908 (in Ferrara).
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