17 Facts About Nicola Barbato

Nicola Barbato was a Sicilian medical doctor, socialist, and politician.

Nicola Barbato joined the socialist movement around 1878 and in the then prevailing positivist climate he devoted himself to study psychiatry.

Nicola Barbato was active politically, working for the newspaper L'isola, directed by Napoleone Colajanni in Palermo.

Nicola Barbato was the animator of the Fascio and, according to contemporary witnesses, he "became the real boss of the district", challenging the traditional land-owning elite.

Nicola Barbato was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fasci Siciliani and was known as "the workers' apostle".

Nicola Barbato was arrested on May 12,1893, for inciting "hatred between classes" and criminal conspiracy.

Nicola Barbato was a candidate in protest against the repression of the Fasci Siciliani in many national electoral districts.

Nicola Barbato's election was annulled by the Council of the Chamber.

Nicola Barbato was assigned by lot to the district of Cesena, leaving the fifth district of Milan to Filippo Turati, the grand old man of the socialist, who was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the first time.

When Nicola Barbato returned to his home town Piana dei Greci, he was greeted by 5,000 people, more than half the population.

Nicola Barbato attained national prominence in the Italian Socialist Party, was elected to Parliament in 1900 and was a member of the National Executive Board of the Party until 1902.

Nicola Barbato traveled through Europe on a propaganda tour among Italian emigrants, and in 1904 he left for the United States, where he remained until 1909.

Nicola Barbato was active in the Italian Socialist Federation and within the Italian communities on the East coast.

Nicola Barbato favoured the association of Italian socialists with the Industrial Workers of the World.

Nicola Barbato lost, but voters condemned the political attitude of the De Felice Giuffrida abstaining en masse.

Nicola Barbato was able to lead the socialists to victory in the municipale elections in Piana in June 1914, even after the murder of his cousin, Mariano Nicola Barbato, and the socialist militant Giorgio Pecoraro in May 1914.

Nicola Barbato was again elected to Parliament in 1919, and died in Milan on 23 May 1923.