Silvio Celestino Corio (28 October 1875 – 11 January 1954), also called Crastinus, was an

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who was active in

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during the first half of the twentieth century. Silvio was born in

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, the son of Eugenio Corio and Chiara Domenica. Following some initial involvement with the Turin Socialist Club, he became active as an anarchist. He trained as a printer and typographer. He was conscripted in July 1897 and spent most of the next 18 months in a disciplinary battalion as a result of his political activity. However, in 1898 he fled to France in the face of the repression implemented by

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. He was in a long-term relationship with

Sylvia Pankhurst Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (; 5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English Feminism, feminist and Socialism, socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise worki ...

and their son was the academic Richard Pankhurst.

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1875 births 1954 deaths Italian anarchists Politicians from Turin Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom Politicians from London Pankhurst family {{Anarchist-stub