A serious history book has finally appeared, dedicated to the magazine
"Pensiero e Volontà" (1924-1926), to its editorial staff and itscollaborators, and not to the one and only Malatesta to whom theapologetic writings of recent years have accustomed us . In this book byFabrizio Giulietti ("Thought and Will". Theoretical itineraries andprogrammatic outlines, Galzerano editore, Casalvelino Scalo, September2023) no little facts are told, no judgments of those who wrote decadesago are taken for granted and no one neglects to describe , in an all inall appreciable way, the context of reference. But it is above all thegeneral structure that is convincing: it highlights problems and debatespresent in the magazine which remain of great interest, not onlyhistoriographically. Of course, the author is no stranger to forays intothe history of anarchist ideas, and his previous books should also bereread from this perspective, but in this latest work we notice afreshness of character and a passion for history (the one that dealsmore with researching connections than with cataloging police stationdocuments) which is becoming increasingly rare.Thus, aspects that are not strictly shareable pass into the background,such as Giulietti's blatant sympathy for Malatesta's positions, withconsequent devaluation of those of his interlocutors (and inevitablereduction of the critical scope of his analyses), and that oftenrepeating, with Nico Berti, that in Malatesta's thought "there are nosignificant innovations or re-elaborations in terms of the constitutivefoundations of libertarian conceptualization". Except then admit theinnovations which in effect represent "the recognition of the importanceof minimal and partial objectives", the "more articulated and meticulousreconsideration of the intermediate phase of revolutionary transition"and, therefore, also of the theme of revolutionary alliances, andespecially " the examination and identification of practical andcontingent solutions to the problems that will predictably arise in therevolutions that are about to come". If we consider the means/endidentity, typical of anarchist thought, these are solutions thatinevitably condition or are conditioned by the same ideologicalpostulates of anarchy.Giulietti shows on several occasions that he has a debt of gratitudetowards Nico Berti, and yet the elaboration of "revolutionarygradualism", the question of alliances and the identification of"anarchist solutions" to the problems of the present, which are vitalthemes even for contemporary anarchism, they have not received the rightconsideration in the books of the Paduan historian. This leads Giuliettito come across, in dealing with the theme of "revolutionary gradualism",the "controversial question" of anarchist violence which, followingBerti, he hastily considers inherent to anarchism and even, inMalatesta, as "extrema ratio of a real ethical and moral imperative".This assumption, shared by several historians, was recently refuted by ashort but intense essay by Pietro Di Paola, "To freedom with freedom".Brutalization of politics, morality and violence in the anarchist press,1920-24 (now in "Lead with lead". 1921 and the Italian civil war,Carocci ed., Rome 2023), which precisely with regard to Malatesta, butalso to other anarchists like Damiani, notes how "the use of force notonly during but also after the revolution, (is) claimed as a form ofdefense but with the reiterated denial of violence as a tool to imposeanarchy" because, precisely, "for anarchists can only move towardsfreedom with freedom".With respect to the "novelties" of Malatesta thought in the 1920s, anobligatory reference is to Franco Bertolucci's exemplary study onMalatesta, action and moral revolt against fascism, 1922-1932 (now inErrico Malatesta. An anarchist in the Liberal and fascist Rome, BFS,Pisa 2018) which, strangely not cited by Giulietti, can instead beconsidered as a brilliant anticipation of his book. Bertolucci limitshimself to reconstructing the debate on fascism, which reached its peakin "Thought and Will", but identical to that of Giulietti there is theinvolvement of a large number of militants and attention to the context.Furthermore, Bertolucci points out the hesitations, the second thoughts,the discontinuities in short of the thought and action of Malatesta andof many anarchists close to him, understandable in a "fluid" period suchas that of the transition from the liberal regime to fascism, withoutindulging in presumed evolutionary lines. A valuable text, that ofBertolucci which, with some adjustments, would have served well as anintroduction to the last volume of Malatesta's complete works edited byTurcato (Errico Malatesta, "Anarchism realizable and realiser". Thoughtand Will and latest writings, 1924 -1932, Zero in Condotta-La Fiaccola,Milan-Ragusa 2023).We find here the same critical attitude, philologically impeccable,which animates Maurizio Antonioli's latest book, Malatesta,l'organisationae e il syndicadismo (BFS, Pisa 2023), the legacy of agreat historian whose admiration for the figure of Malatesta does not itveiled the understanding of crucial periods in the history of Italiananarchism.Christmas Musarrahttps://www.sicilialibertaria.it/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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