The Unitary Socialist Party (''Partito Socialista Unitario'', PSU) was a
democratic socialist political party in Italy
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, active from 1922 to 1930.
History
The party was founded in November 1922 by the
reformist wing of the
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) led by
Rinaldo Rigola,
Filippo Turati and
Giacomo Matteotti, after they had been expelled in October. A staunch opponent of
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
and
Fascism, Matteotti was assassinated by Fascists, affiliated to ''
OVRA'', in June 1924. The event provoked the
Aventine Secession.
Outlawed in November 1925, the PSU became active in clandestinity, as the 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
Oddino Morgari (November 16, 1865 – November 24, 1944) was an Italian socialist journalist and politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1897 to 1929, for eight legislatures.
Early life
Initially a Mazzinian radical, he ...
,
Sandro Pertini, Camillo Prampolini,
Claudio Treves and
Anna Kulischov.
The party was a member of the
Labour and Socialist International
The Labour and Socialist International (LSI; german: Sozialistische Arbeiter-Internationale, label=German, SAI) was an international organization of socialist and labour parties, active between 1923 and 1940. The group was established through a me ...
between 1923 and 1930.
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Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19
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Electoral results
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