Unitary Socialist Party (Italy, 1922)

Unitary Socialist Party Partito Socialista Unitario
Leaders	Giacomo Matteotti Filippo Turati Carlo Rosselli Giuseppe Saragat
Founded	October 1, 1922 (1922-10-01)
Banned	1 November 1925
Split from	Italian Socialist Party
Merged into	Italian Socialist Party
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Newspaper	La Giustizia
Ideology	Democratic socialism Social democracy Reformism Anti-fascism
Political position	left-wing to centre-left
International affiliation	Labour and Socialist International
Colors	Red
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The Unitary Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Unitario, PSU) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy, active from 1922 to 1930.

History[]

The party was founded in November 1922 by the reformist wing of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) led by Filippo Turati and Giacomo Matteotti, after they had been expelled in October. A staunch opponent of Benito Mussolini and Fascism, Matteotti was assassinated by Fascists, affiliated to OVRA, in June 1924. The event provoked the Aventine Secession.

Outlawed in November 1925, the PSU became active in clandestinity, as the Italian Workers' Socialist Party (Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani, PSLI). In June 1930 the PSLI re-joined the PSI.

Leading members and activists of the party included Oddino Morgari, Sandro Pertini, Camillo Prampolini, Claudio Treves and Anna Kulischov.

The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1930.^[1]

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