Agostino Lanzillo (31 October 1886 – 3 March 1952) was an Italian revolutionary

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leader who later became a member of

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movement.

Early life

Agostino Lanzillo was born in

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on 31 October 1886 to Salvatore and Giuseppina (Cosile) Lanzillo. Agostino attended primary school and secondary school in his hometown. He acquired a

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from the University of Rome and wrote his

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on the socialist

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Political career

Revolutionary syndicalist period

Lanzillo was drawn to revolutionary syndicalism and became a follower of

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. Lanzillo wrote: Lanzillo corresponded personally with Sorel, and published in 1910 the first biography of Sorel. Lanzillo also contributed to the syndicalist journals ''Avanguardia Socialista'' and ''Il divenire sociale''.

National syndicalist period

In 1909,

started collaborating with the French nationalist-monarchist movement '' Action Française'', creating

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. While many in the Italian Left attacked Sorel and reproached him for his close links with ''Action Française'', Italian revolutionary syndicalists supported Sorel. Lanzillo, for example, defended his master in a series of articles published in ''Il divenire sociale''. Later, Lanzillo wrote to the national syndicalist journal ''La lupa''. From 1912, Lanzillo published under

editorship, contributing to ''

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'', ''Utopia'' and '' Il Popolo d'Italia''.

Fascist period

Lanzillo was among the founders of the fascist movement, and was a member of

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. Lanzillo was a member of

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(a house of Italian Parliament), in the 27th parliamentary session (24 May 1924 – 21 January 1929). Lanzillo was also a member of the one-party National Council of

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in 1931.

Academic career

In 1921 Lanzillo was a lecturer in political economy at University of Rome. In 1922 he became a professor of political economy at the Royal University of Milan and in 1923 he became a professor at the

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. Later, Lanzillo was appointed rector of Royal Advanced Institute of Economics and Commerce in Venice.

Writings

*''La disfatta del socialismo: Critica della guerra e del socialismo''. Florence: Libreria della Voce, 1919. *''Le Mouvement ouvrier en Italie''. Paris: Revière, n. d.

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References

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