Italian politician

Gaetano Arfé (12 November 1925, Somma Vesuviana – 13 September 2007) was an Italian politician, historian, and journalist. From 1966 to 1976 he published the Avanti!, the official newspaper of the Italian Socialist Party, whom he represented as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1979 to 1984. He died at the age of 81 on September 13, 2007 in Naples.

Contents

• 1 Political career
• 2 Works
• 3 References
• 4 Further reading

Political career

In 1968, Arfé raised concerns about the anti-democratic radicalization of the Italian student movement.

Works

• Storia dell'Avanti! (1958)
• Storia del socialismo italiano 1892-1926 (1965)
• Storia delle idee politiche economiche e sociali (1972) (published in 5 volumes)
• La questione socialista (1986)
• I socialisti del mio secolo (2002)
• Scritti di storia e politica (2005)

References

Further reading

• Ciro Raia, Gaetano Arfé. Un socialista del mio Paese, Piero Lacaita editore, Manduria-Bari, 2003