Socialist Republic Of Italy

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Uploaded by on Oct 16, 2010

"La Mia Italia"

The kingdom of Naples had ruled southern Italy up until its annexation into the unified kingdom of Italy in 1860. With the collapse of Italy at the end of the Weltkrieg the victorious Central Powers chose to resurrect the nation as part of their 'divide and weaken' plan for the peninsula, setting up a puppet king on the throne. Surprisingly for the Austrians, there was much opposition to this plan from the traditionally conservative peasantry, which was so strong as to result in a series of uprisings. At the same time Anarcho-Syndicalist movements began to grow in the new state, and encouraged by events elsewhere in the world became increasingly aggressive. Before long southern Italy was in chaos, a chaos which lasted for the next year and a half. Many Syndicalist leaders in northern Italy, who were unable to do act due to the Austrian occupation, migrated south and served to further fuel the growing Syndicalist groups there, and they encouraged political alliances with the anarchists, which allowed them to increase their power greatly. In February 1921 the Anarcho-Syndicalists, led by Palmiro Togliatti and Amadeo Bordiga, felt ready to launch the revolution, which was joined by large parts of the deeply discontent peasantry, who saw it primarily as a chance to rid southern Italy of Austrian influences. After two months of civil war the Anarcho-Syndicalists triumphed, the 'Socialist Republic of Italy' declared, and an alliance with France forged. With Germany's refusal to intervene Austria was grudgingly forced to recognise the new regime.
During the First Congress of the Italian Unions in November 1921 the new Constitution, drafted by Bordiga and Togliatti, was voted and approved and Bordiga was chosen as President of the Republic, with Togliatti as Chairman of the House of Commons and Antonio Gramsci as General Responsible for Police. Despite the successful revolution, the internal tension inside the Anarco-Syndicalist movement grew considerably as disagreements over the direction and the future of the Republic led to violent discussions and even fights. This culminated on September 14 1925 when Angelo Tasca, who pushed for a war of revenge against Austria and Germany, was accused of treason by Gramsci. Gramsci was immediately supported by his friend Togliatti and not even the intervention of Bordiga, who tried to defend Tasca and lower the tones of the discussions, could stop the fight. In the following days Tasca received anonymous death threats and, fearing for his life, decided to flee to the Commune of France, where he sided with the Sorelian faction. The support for Gramsci grew high while Bordiga lost credibility: this was probably the main reason which led to the appointment of Togliatti as the new President of the Republic and Gramsci as the new Chairman of the House of Commons in the Second Congress on the Italian Unions in 1926. Despite the rise of the popular Social-Reformist Union led by Filippo Turati and the Bolshevik National-Syndicalist Union led by Benito Mussolini, Togliatti and the Anarco-Syndicalist Union remained in power after the 1931 Third Congress of the Italian Unions.

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  • So in this parallel universe Mussolini remains loyal to communism instead to starting fascism. Interesting.

  • Is that two chicken legs on the flag? 0.0

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  • OMG it's in a mod for a game

  • well it is more social republic of italy, not socialist

  • @pardofornaciari In Italian: (from Google)

    Devi essere illusi a pensare che sia vero, soprattutto perché siete italiani e d'ora in poi sapere sulla storia d'Italia. Lo mostra come fatti veri perché che fa storia alternativa più interessante: è poco professionale dire "nella mia timeline" fuori discussioni.

  • @pardofornaciari You have to be deluded to think it's true, especially since you're Italian and henceforth know about Italy's history. He shows it as true facts because that makes alternate history more interesting; it's unprofessional to say "in my timeline" out of discussions.

  • @fedelede2 macché storia alternativa - qui è presentata come una sequela di dati storici, non come un gioco - questo porta alla confusione più totale per chi usa internet e youtube per documentarsi

  • @pardofornaciari It's called "alternate history".

  • KaiserreichAnthems create his own history - fake history...

  • I really doubt that the socialists would utilize an Austrian composer's work for their anthem, if the Socialist south is opposed to Austria as such. If I may suggest, use the 'Giovanezza' from Musso's Socialist Republic that the Germans set up in northern Italy in 1944. It's up on Youtube. Would be a more logical choice, in my opinion.

  • how does he make these?

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