21 Facts About Camillo Berneri

Camillo Berneri was an Italian anarchist known for his opposition to fascism and his participation in the Spanish Civil War.

Camillo Berneri helped create the Italian Anarchist Communist Union and wrote for anarchist periodicals.

Camillo Berneri's father was a local redshirt official from Brescia, his mother was a primary school teacher from Emilia and his grandfather was a Carbonari and a follower of Giuseppe Mazzini.

In 1904, Camillo Berneri fell ill with typhoid fever, and later gastroenteritis.

Camillo Berneri moved with his family first to Milan, then to Palermo, to Forli, to Varallo Sesia and, finally, to Reggio Emilia.

Camillo Berneri joined its Central Committee and collaborated with the federation's national organ.

Camillo Berneri made friends with Errico Malatesta and Luigi Fabbri.

Camillo Berneri then became a professor of philosophy at the university and later went on to teach philosophy at Camerino.

Camillo Berneri was arrested in April 1927, after an international conference in L'Hay-les-Roses.

Camillo Berneri received a residence permit in France only in 1935, shortly before leaving for Spain.

Camillo Berneri wrote anti-religious articles and brochures as well as pieces on the emancipation of women.

Camillo Berneri completed his dissertation, The Anti-Semitic Jew, where he studied the forced or voluntary assimilation of Jews.

Camillo Berneri wrote about anarchism, where he defends personal positions:.

Once the Spanish Civil War broke out, Camillo Berneri was among the first to rush to Catalonia, the center of a revolution spearheaded by the Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo and Federacion Anarquista Iberica.

Beyond militant solidarity, Carlo Rosselli was tied to his critical support for the prospects of Bolshevism, while in those years Camillo Berneri collaborated with the clandestine organ of the libertarian socialist movement "Giustizia e Liberta", arguing with Rosselli on the stark differences between libertarian socialism and despotic socialism.

Camillo Berneri was a staunch defender of the Spanish Revolution and was one of the first to argue that only an anti-capitalist struggle can counter fascism and that the problem with anti-fascism is the rejection of the principles of the Social revolution.

Camillo Berneri constantly reiterates that revolution must be won on social, not military, grounds.

Camillo Berneri was very critical of the CNT-FAI's participation in the Republican government.

Camillo Berneri was exposing the fierce repressions carried out by Stalinists that had prevailed since the advent of the government of Juan Negrin: the victims of massacres and disappearances included thousands of non-communists, anarchists and non-Stalinist communists, like the POUM.

Giovanna Camillo Berneri raised the children of Antonio Cieri, who fell in Spain.

Camillo Berneri was married to Giovanna Berneri, and was father of Marie-Louise Berneri and Giliana Berneri, all of whom were anarchists.