1904 Italian general strike

In September 1904, the first general strike in Italy took place.

The strike was called by the Chambers of Labor in several cities in response to several killings of striking workers, culminating in the shooting of a miner in Buggerru, Sardinia. Participation was strongest in the north and the Po Valley. The government headed by Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti ordered local authorities to intervene as little as possible, predicting that the strike would die down on its own, which it did. Nevertheless, it shook public confidence in the strength of the state and the middle class's support for Giolitti.[1]

The country would experience many general strikes in the years following 1904, with additional general strikes in 1905, 1906, 1909, 1911, and 1914.[2]

References
  1. Clark 1984, pg. 173–174
  2. Goodway, David (2013). For Anarchism (RLE Anarchy). Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-135-03756-7.

Bibliography
  • Clark, Martin (2014) [1984]. Modern Italy, 1871 to the Present. London/New York: Routledge.

Further reading
  • Gualtieri, Humbert L. (1946). The Labor Movement in Italy. New York: S.F. Vanni.
  • Horowitz, Daniel L. (1963). The Italian Labor Movement. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Miller, James Edward (1990). From Elite to Mass Politics: Italian Socialism in the Giolittian Era, 1900–1914. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press.


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