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Camillo Berneri

Camillo Berneri, the Philosopher of Anarchism

Camillo Berneri was born on 28 May 1897 in Lodi, Italy. He was a professor of philosophy and an active supporter of anarchism from an early age. Berneri opposed the fascist regime of Mussolini and was exiled from Italy in 1926 for his anti-fascist activities. He moved to France, where he continued to promote anarchist thought through his writings, gaining respect and popularity among the anarchist movement.

Berneri's contributions to anarchist thought were significant. Many consider him a prominent figure in the development of anarchist ideas during the early 20th century. Berneri was a vocal critic of state communism and Stalinism, which he argued was a totalitarian regime. His writings, including popular works like 'The Anarchist in the Spanish Revolution' and 'Peter Kropotkin: His Federalist Ideas', have greatly influenced modern anarchist theory. Berneri was assassinated in Spain in 1937, but his thoughts and contributions continue to inspire and influence anarchists worldwide.


Date of Birth: 28 May 1897

Date of Death: 5 May 1937

Country of Birth: Italy

Political Ideas: Anarcho-communism, Anti-fascism

Quotes Available: 8



Quotes by Camillo Berneri

Whoever says "proletarian State" says "State Capitalism" whoever says "dictatorship of the Proletariat" says "Dictatorship of the Communist Party;" whoever says "strong government" says "Tsarist oligarchy of politicians."
Whosoever looks back on the history of socialism after the exclusion of the anarchists can see for themselves the gradual degeneration of Marxism as a political philosophy through the interpretations and practices of the social democrats.
Whereas we anarchists desire the extinction of the state through the social revolution and the constitution of an autonomist federal order, the Leninists desire the destruction of the bourgeois state and moreover the conquest of the state by the "proletariat."
You anarchist ministers, you make eloquent speeches and you write brilliant articles, but it is not with speeches and articles that one wins the war and defends the revolution.
Leninism constitutes, without any doubt, a return to the revolutionary spirit of Marxism, but it also constitutes a return to the fallacies and abstractions of Marxist metaphysics.
I offered to stay awake to let the others go to sleep, and everyone laughed, saying that I would not even hear the cannon! But afterwards, one by one, they fell asleep, and I am watchful over all of them, while working for those who are to come.
The Bolshevik government revealed itself to be powerless in the face of a bureaucracy which is super-abundant, parasitic, despotic and dishonest.
One can lose one's illusions about everything and about everyone, but not about what one affirms with one's moral conscience.


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