Nunzio pernicone biography of christopher paul

Nunzio pernicone biography of christopher paul: Italian Anarchism, by Nunzio Pernicone.

Nunzio Pernicone June 20, May 30 , the leading scholar of Italian anarchism, has died of prostate cancer. William Salomone, the eminent historian of modern Italy. He soon became the colleague and close friend of Paul Avrich, who was then starting to establish the history of anarchism as a full-on academic field of study. All through his life, Nunzio knew many aging Italian veterans of the movement such as Valerio Isca.

Pernicone taught at several institutions and authored scores of articles on the Italian anarchist and labor movements, settling permanently at Drexel in What distinguishes those volumes both of which were later re-issued is that they represent decades of thorough research into the lives of Italian militants who are notoriously difficult to trace — even for those who have total fluency in their language.

Students of U. Nunzio Pernicone is exactly that important to the legacy of Tresca, whose rousing speeches and unwavering courage played a pivotal role in fighting the abuses of capitalism and fascism among Italo-Americans for half a century. This is a huge contribution. I knew Nunzio since , when he accepted my invitation to lecture at our small club in West Philadelphia.

Being generous with his time and knowledge, he spoke to about twenty Wobblies and anarchists with his scratchy and somewhat deep voice.