Carlo Cafiero (1846–1892) was an Italian
anarchist
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessar ...
, champion of
Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (; 1814–1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major founder of the revolutionary s ...
during the second half of the 19th century and one of the main proponents of
anarcho-communism
Anarcho-communism, also known as anarchist communism, (or, colloquially, ''ancom'' or ''ancomm'') is a political philosophy and anarchist school of thought that advocates communism. It calls for the abolition of private property but retains re ...
and
insurrectionary anarchism
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during the
First International
The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), often called the First International (1864–1876), was an international organisation which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, communist and anarchist groups and trad ...
.
[Pernicone, Nunzio (2009). ''Italian Anarchism 1864–1892''. AK Press. pp. 111–113. "Anarchist communism as a coherent, modern economic-political philosophy was first formulated in the Italian section of the First International by Carlo Cafiero, Emilio Covelli, Errico Malatesta, Andrea Costa and other ex-Mazzinian Republicans."]
Selected works
* Carlo Cafiero. ''Revolution.'' Black Cat Press.
* ''Il Capitale di Carlo Marx, brevemente compendiato da Carlo Cafiero'', Biblioteca Socialista, n. 5, Bignami e c. editori, Milan 1879
Online version (in Italian)* "Anarchia e Comunismo", ''Le Révolté'', Geneva, 13 and 27 November 1880. An English translation is in Daniel Guérin, ''No Gods No Masters'', Book 1, AK Press 1998.
* Carlo Cafiero, ''La rivoluzione per la rivoluzione. Raccolta di scritti a cura e con introduzione di Gianni Bosio'', Milan 1968 (some texts are in French). This book was republished with all texts in Italian, as Carlo Cafiero, ''Rivoluzione per la rivoluzione. Raccolta di scritti a cura e con introduzione di Gianni Bosio'', Rome 1970.
* Gian Carlo Maffei (ed.), ''Dossier Cafiero'', Bergamo 1974.
References
Further reading
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External links
* About Carlo Cafiero
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at Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici
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at Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia
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* Writings of Carlo Cafiero
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Carlo Cafiero Archive at RevoltLib.com*
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Carlo Cafiero Archive at TheAnarchistLibrary.org
1846 births
1892 deaths
Anarcho-communists
Italian anarchists
Italian communists
Italian socialists
Jura Federation
Members of the International Workingmen's Association
People from Barletta
People from Nocera Inferiore
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