- Andrea Costa
Andrea Costa (1851-1910) was an Italian socialist activist, born in
Imola .He co-founded the Partito dei Lavoratori Italiani in 1892 after renouncing his anarchist principles in 1879. It is probable that this happened due to his marriage to
Russia nSocialist Anna Kulischov . In his book "My Years in Exile ",Edward Bernstein wrote of the conversion: "When [Filippo Marzotti ] first heard the news that Costa was lost to the Anarchist cause, he excitedly raised his hands above his head, and cried repeatedly, almost in desperation: 'Anna! Anna! Anna!'".In his later years Costa was an active
politician ; he served asmayor ofImola and as a representative in theItalian Parliament .References
* [http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1915/exile/ch02.htm Edward Bernstein: My Years of Exile (Chap.2) ] at www.marxists.org
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