Gaetano Arfé Explained

Gaetano Arfé
Birth Date:	12 November 1925
Birth Place:	Italy
Nationality:	Italian

Gaetano Arfé (12 November 1925, Somma Vesuviana – 13 September 2007) was an Italian politician, historian, and journalist. From 1966 to 1976 he published Avanti!, the official newspaper of the Italian Socialist Party, which he represented as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1979 to 1984.^[1] He died at the age of 81 on September 13, 2007 in Naples.^[2]

Political career

In 1968, Arfé raised concerns about the anti-democratic radicalization of the Italian student movement.^[3]

Works

• Storia dell'Avanti! (1958)
• Storia del socialismo italiano 1892-1926 (1965)
• Storia delle idee politiche economiche e sociali (1972) (published in 5 volumes)
• La questione socialista (1986)
• I socialisti del mio secolo (2002)
• Scritti di storia e politica (2005)

Further reading

• Ciro Raia, Gaetano Arfé. Un socialista del mio Paese, Piero Lacaita editore, Manduria-Bari, 2003

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Parliament profile. 29 September 2010.
2. Web site: SOCIALISTI: E' SCOMPARSO GAETANO ARFE'. 2007-09-13. La Repubblica.
3. Book: Orsini, Alessandro. Anatomy of the Red Brigades: The Religious Mind-set of Modern Terrorists. registration. 145. Gaetano Arfé.. 2011-04-15. Cornell University Press. 9780801461392. en.