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Giuseppe Fanelli (1826-1877)
'Giuseppe Fanelli' (
1826-
1877) came to
Spain in
1868 on a journey planned by
anarchist Mikhail Bakunin in order to recruit members for the
First International. He was born in
Naples,
Italy. He died of tuberculosis in
1877.
He was active in the revolutionary enterprises in
Lombardy and
Rome in
1848 -
1849. He went on to fight alongside
Garibaldi's Thousand in
Sicily. He also fought in the
Polish uprising (
1862-
63. He was elected to Italian Parliament in November
1865 and fought against the
Austrians in
1866.
He met Bakunin at
Ischia in
1866. He arrived in
Barcelona in October 1868, introducing anarchism to Spain. in February 1869 he left for Barcelona where he met up with Pellicer, Farga and others whom he helped to establish the IWMA’s Barcelona section as well as the Alliance section. This trip to Spain was costly to him in terms of financial costs as well as in terms of the problems arising from it (he was accused of exploiting Reclus’s republican friends to spread anarchism) by which he was much affected and in the end he distanced himself from militant Bakuninism after that. His last meeting with the
Madrid Anarchists was on
January 25,
1869. In February 1869 he left for
Barcelona where he met up with Pellicer, Farga and others whom he helped to establish the IWMA’s Barcelona section as well as the
Alliance section.
Perceptions of others in regards to Fanelli
See also
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Anarchism in Spain