Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was an Italian journalist and a member of the First International.
22 Facts About Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani is known for his work in introducing chambers of labor into Italy.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was born in Ostiglia, Mantua, Austrian Empire on August 26,1837.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani attended secondary school in Mantua, then was admitted to the faculty of law at the University of Padua.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was prosecuted for taking part in an anti-Austrian demonstration and took refuge in Pavia, where he obtained a degree in law in March 1861.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani became disillusioned with Mazzini when the latter would not support the Paris Commune, and disagreed with Mazzini's belief in cooperation between social classes.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani became increasingly sympathetic with the International Workingmen's Association.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani organized the 12th Workers' Congress, held in Rome in November 1871.
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In March 1873 Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani made demands on behalf of the masons to the government of Rome.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani found that the anarchists had taken control of the Roman IWA section, and decided to join the anti-Bakunin faction.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani believed that history had to be seen as more than just a chronicle of events, but as an account of ideas, schools, theories and doctrines.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was in favor of formation of labor unions and the right to strike.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was opposed to the middle-classes taking too active a role in the workers' movement.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani believed that socialism should not just eliminate exploitation of man by man, but should seek broader goals, eliminating all forms of injustice.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani criticized the Second International and defended democracy as being essential to socialism.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani became a leading member of the Italian Workers Party founded in Milan in 1882, and was one of the drafters of the party's program.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was the candidate for the POI in October 1882, but was not elected.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was the guest of Benoit Malon, and learned about bourses du travail from him.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani began to push for setting up Italian chambers of labor on the French model.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was elected to the Milan Chamber of Deputies on a left-wing platform in 1890.
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In 1892 Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani was one of the founders of the Party of Italian Workers, later the Italian Socialist Party.
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Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani's Dieci anni di camere del lavoro is an important source of the early history of the chamber of labor in Italy.