Gaetano_Arfe

Gaetano Arfé

Gaetano Arfé

Italian politician

Gaetano Arfé (12 November 1925, Somma Vesuviana – 13 September 2007) was an Italian politician, historian, and journalist. From 1966 to 1976 he published Avanti!, the official newspaper of the Italian Socialist Party, which he represented as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1979 to 1984.[1] He died at the age of 81 on September 13, 2007 in Naples.[2]

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Political career

In 1968, Arfé raised concerns about the anti-democratic radicalization of the Italian student movement.[3]

Works

  • Storia dell'Avanti! (1958)
  • Storia del socialismo italiano 1892-1926 (1965)
  • Storia delle idee politiche economiche e sociali (1972) (published in 5 volumes)
  • La questione socialista (1986)
  • I socialisti del mio secolo (2002)
  • Scritti di storia e politica (2005)

References

  1. [1]
    "European Parliament profile". Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  2. [2]
    "SOCIALISTI: E' SCOMPARSO GAETANO ARFE'". La Repubblica. 2007-09-13.[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    Orsini, Alessandro (2011-04-15). Anatomy of the Red Brigades: The Religious Mind-set of Modern Terrorists. Cornell University Press. p. 145. ISBN 9780801461392. Gaetano Arfé.

Further reading

  • Ciro Raia, Gaetano Arfé. Un socialista del mio Paese, Piero Lacaita editore, Manduria-Bari, 2003


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