“Socialism is the sun of the future”

Giuseppe Garibaldi (Nice, 11 July 1807 – Caprera, 2 June 1882)

“Protecting animals against the cruelty of men, giving food to those who are hungry, giving drink to those who are thirsty, helping those who are exhausted by fatigue or illness, this is the most beautiful virtue of the strong towards the weak. ”

“I have seen more numerous bodies of troops, more contested battles, but I have never seen, anywhere, braver men, nor more brilliant knights than those of the beautiful cavalry of Rio Grande do Sul, in whose ranks I learned to despise danger and fight with dignity for the sake of sacred cause of nations. How many times have I been tempted to reveal to the world the amazing feats I saw carried out by these virile and fearless people, who sustained, for more than nine years against a powerful empire, the most bloodthirsty and glorious fight!”

In 1882, the Italian revolutionary and internationalist socialist Giuseppe Garibaldi, who fought for freedom in Brazil, Uruguay, Italy and France, died. Born in Nice, when it was still Italian although under French occupation, he is remembered for being a hero of Italian unification, a symbol sometimes represented as “nationalist”, but which went much further. Garibaldi helped build the First Socialist International, fought against slavery in the United States, where he refused to lead the Union armies as Lincoln was still reluctant to abolish slavery, and with Italy consolidated as a country, he was leader of the left bloc radical in parliament, when the traditional left was moving towards liberalism.

His struggle in Brazil was always linked to republicanism against the Empire that enslaved and oppressed the people.

The communist brigades that captured and executed fascist leader Benito Mussolini while on the run were named in his honor. In a few words, Garibaldi was the personification of an internationalist, anti-fascist hero and his memory is an important rescue for today's struggles.

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