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A Far Better Thing I Do...: The 2000 From Monfalcone

by Andrea Berrini, Joan Rundo
$12.90
A Far Better Thing I Do...: The 2000 From Monfalcone - Thryft
A Far Better Thing I Do...: The 2000 From Monfalcone - Thryft

Italian workers shape Socialism in post-war Europe.

If you're drawn to untold stories of real-world idealism and human dedication, "A Far Better Thing I Do" offers a captivating look into a unique historical moment. Diving into the lives of 2000 Italian workers who chose to leave their homes to literally build a new vision of society, this book is a treasure for anyone fascinated by the intersection of political hope and personal sacrifice.

A Far Better Thing I Do...: The 2000 From Monfalcone

by Andrea Berrini, Joan Rundo
$12.90
ISBN: 9789810782313
Authors: Andrea Berrini, Joan Rundo
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2013-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.0
(rated by 4 readers)

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In the early months of 1947, 2000 workers from the Monfalcone shipyard and aircraft factory in Italy resigned from their stable jobs and set off for Fiume. They went not because of necessity, but of choice. They were going to build Marshall Tito’s new Socialist Yugoslavia. They were going to construct Socialism in the post-war climate of a Europe where countries were re-positioning and jockeying for new geographic frontiers amidst a new order. They went in small groups, like gusts of wind. Brothers, cousins, childhood friends... day after day, they made their way towards Fiume. Together they had lived through the Fascist dictatorship of Italy, the war and the occupation of neighboring Slovenia and Dalmatia. Many had fought with the partisans. They were now going to create a new world. Two years later, the bulk of them returned. Heads hung low. Disillusioned. Silent. Shunned by the Italian community and seen as traitors for their adventure, they continued their lives in silence for the next 50 years. With the help of others, Andrea Berrini took it upon himself to unlock the silence of that age through face-to-face interviews, documents and oral histories with the protagonists of those times. In so doing, Andrea has reignited the passions, the fears and the machinations which
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