Mischia sociale (da . . . alla Cooper Union) [Social Brawl (from . . . at Cooper Union)]. Brooklyn: Edizioni sociali, [1930].

Mischia sociale (da . . . alla Cooper Union) [Social Brawl (from . . . at Cooper Union)]. Brooklyn: Edizioni sociali, [1930].

An excerpt from this work is published in Durante. On April 6, 1930, in a public debate at Cooper Union in New York, Borghi participated in the debate on the theme "I problemi della rivoluzione italiana dopo l'abbattimento del fascismo" (the problems of the Italian revolution after the over throw of fascism). His antagonist was Vincenzo Vacirca, whose books and magazines are well represented in the Collection. Vacirca was, like Borghi, freed on bail. 

This copy is inscribed to Dr. Nicola Brunori, "amico e compagno [friend and companion]." Ezio Taddei had dedicated his 1943 work, Alberi e casolari, q.v., to Brunori, a beloved figure. This is the same Doctor Nicola Brunori who is the subject of Brunori's Fortune, excerpted in Durante in the entry on Valentini as part of that writer's Il ricatto, q.v. Zarathustra. After the debate, Borghi narrowly escaped arrest, an incident which he discusses in the final chapter of this book.

The work ends with a statement from Immigrant Inspector John Kaba, reproduced in both Italian and English, discussing the warrant for Borghi's arrest and Kaba's opinion and wish that, without a passport, revoked because he was an anarchist, Borghi should be deported to Italy. Borghi is well represented in the Collection.

Armando Borghi

Edizioni sociali

[1930]

18.5 x 13cm; 246 p.

Italian