La bandierina di Carlo Marx: dramma in un atto [The Pennant of Karl Marx: drama in one act]. Chicago: Italian Labor Publishing Co., [1917?]
Title
La bandierina di Carlo Marx: dramma in un atto [The Pennant of Karl Marx: drama in one act]. Chicago: Italian Labor Publishing Co., [1917?]
Description
It is unclear if this play, which is noted in Durante's text but not his bibliography, was ever produced. It reflects the ideal of international solidarity of the proletariat.
Born into a family of Italian landed proprietors, Molinari (b. 1876- d. 1948) studied medicine and mental health in Modena, Turin and Paris, while simultaneously being drawn to socialism. Before he even finished his medical degree in 1903, Molinari had already been twice arrested, perhaps fueling his decision to depart for New York that same year.
On his arrival, he quickly became the leader of the Federazione Socialista Italiana, succeeding Giacinto Menotti Serrati, an anarchist killed by a socialist; he also served as director of Il Proletario (1911-1920) and founded the fortnightly L'Ascesa del Proletariato (of Wilkes-Barre, PA) while also continuing to practice medicine for the miners in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Above all, he was an educator of the working man.
In 1911, he moved to Chicago to assume directorhip of La Parola del Popolo. Molinari was more of a centrist who opposed anarchist activity, instead advocating an ideal "solidarity of the proletariat" on which theme this one-act play was written.
In about 1921, he returned to Italy where, as an anti-fascist, he was imprisoned a number of times.
His papers are at the IHRC at the University of Minnesota. An excerpt from Discorsi Brevi, as well as full bio, is in Durante.
Born into a family of Italian landed proprietors, Molinari (b. 1876- d. 1948) studied medicine and mental health in Modena, Turin and Paris, while simultaneously being drawn to socialism. Before he even finished his medical degree in 1903, Molinari had already been twice arrested, perhaps fueling his decision to depart for New York that same year.
On his arrival, he quickly became the leader of the Federazione Socialista Italiana, succeeding Giacinto Menotti Serrati, an anarchist killed by a socialist; he also served as director of Il Proletario (1911-1920) and founded the fortnightly L'Ascesa del Proletariato (of Wilkes-Barre, PA) while also continuing to practice medicine for the miners in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Above all, he was an educator of the working man.
In 1911, he moved to Chicago to assume directorhip of La Parola del Popolo. Molinari was more of a centrist who opposed anarchist activity, instead advocating an ideal "solidarity of the proletariat" on which theme this one-act play was written.
In about 1921, he returned to Italy where, as an anti-fascist, he was imprisoned a number of times.
His papers are at the IHRC at the University of Minnesota. An excerpt from Discorsi Brevi, as well as full bio, is in Durante.
Creator
Dr. Alberico Molinari
Publisher
Italian Labor Publishing Co.
Date
[1917?]
Format
16.5 x 11cm; 20 p.
Language
Italian
Citation
Dr. Alberico Molinari, “La bandierina di Carlo Marx: dramma in un atto [The Pennant of Karl Marx: drama in one act]. Chicago: Italian Labor Publishing Co., [1917?],” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed May 1, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/222.
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