dec 19, 1918 - Revolt of Campania
Proclamation in Naples of the Italian Socialist Republic of the Councils of Campania
Description:
After a series of peasant revolts in the Campania countryside and workers' strikes in Naples.
A demonstration against hunger leads in the evening to a veritable revolutionary insurrection.
The liberal mayor of Naples, Enrico Presutti is forced to resign and a revolutionary committee composed of the anarchist Errico Malatesta proclaims the Republic of the Councils of Campania as well as the Commune of Naples.
Added to timeline:
PR Timeline
Date:
