Giuseppe Fanelli
Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Template:Anarchism sidebar Giuseppe Fanelli (13 October 1827 – 5 January 1877) was an Italian revolutionary anarchist, best known for his tour of Spain in 1868, introducing the anarchist ideas of Mikhail Bakunin.Template:Sfn
Life and revolutionary path
Fanelli was born in Naples, Italy on 13 October 1827. At the age of 18, he enrolled in Giovine Italia, a political movement with the goal to create a united Italian republic.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
He was active in the insurrectionary, united Italian republic Young Italy movement and fought in the Milan insurrection of the 1848 revolution. He went on to fight alongside Garibaldi's Redshirts in the Expedition of the Thousand in Sicily in 1860; he also fought in the Polish uprising in 1863.Template:Sfn He was elected to Italian Parliament in November 1865 and fought against the Austrians in 1866.
Fanelli met Bakunin at Ischia in 1866.Template:Sfn In October 1868 Bakunin sponsored Fanelli to travel to Barcelona to share his libertarian visions and recruit revolutionists to the International Workingmen's Association.Template:Sfn Fanellis trip and the meeting he organised during his travels provided the catalyst for the Spanish exiles, the largest workers' and peasants' movement in modern Spain and the largest anarchist movement in modern Europe.Template:Sfn
Fanelli's tour took him first to Barcelona, where he met and stayed with Élisée Reclus.Template:Sfn Reclus and Fanelli were at odds over Reclus' friendships with Spanish republicans, and Fanelli soon left Barcelona for Madrid.Template:Sfn Fanelli stayed in Madrid until the end of January 1869, conducting meetings to introduce Spanish workers, including Anselmo Lorenzo, to the First National.Template:Sfn In February 1869 Fanelli left Madrid, journeying home via Barcelona.Template:Sfn While in Barcelona again, he met with painter Josep Lluís Pellicer and his cousin, Rafael Farga Pellicer along with others who were to play an important role establishing the International in Barcelona.Template:Sfn
Death
Fanelli died of tuberculosis in Naples in 1877.Template:Sfn
Perceptions of others in regard to Fanelli
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