Errico Malatesta

Biography

Errico Malatesta (1853–1932) was an Italian anarchist revolutionary, writer, and organizer who was one of the most important figures in the international anarchist movement. Over a turbulent life spanning eight decades, Malatesta was imprisoned, exiled, and deported from multiple countries while tirelessly advocating for anarchist communism—a society without government or private property, organized through voluntary cooperation. His essays articulate anarchist principles with unusual clarity and accessibility, avoiding dogmatism while maintaining radical conviction. Malatesta spent years in exile in London and Argentina before returning to Italy, where he continued his activism until Mussolini's fascist regime silenced him.