Errico Malatesta

Errico Malatesta (December 14, 1853 – July 22, 1932) was an anarcho-communist with an unshakable belief, which he shared with his friend Peter Kropotkin, that the anarchist revolution would occur soon. He spent a large part of his life in exile from his homeland of Italy and altogether spent more than ten years in prison. He wrote and edited a number of radical newspapers and was a friend of Mikhail Bakunin.

Further reading

Books

• Errico Malatesta -- His Life And Ideas, compiled and edited by Vernon Richards (Freedom Press, 1984)
• Fra Contadini -- A Dialogue On Anarchy, Errico Malatesta (originally published 1884; republished by Bratach Dubh Editions, 1981)
• Anarchy, Errico Malatesta, translated by Vernon Richards (Freedom press 1974)

Films

• San Michele aveva un gallo, loosely based on Malatesta's life