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Born in Rome in 1907, he was son of Giovanni Amendola, a liberal anti-fascist beaten by killers hired by Benito Mussolini and successively dead in 1926 in Cannes, consequently to that attack. After this episode, Amendola secretly joined the Italian Communist Party in 1929 and, after having been graduated in law, started to propagandize opposition against the Mussolini regime. This is the current Article Improvement Drive collaboration! CAST YOUR VOTE for next weeks article For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Giovanni Amendola (Salerno 15 April 1882 - Cannes 1 April 1926) was an Italian journalist and politician. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ... Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The seaside town of Cannes, in southern France, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lîle Saint Honorat Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ... The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Arrested and brought in exile in France, and successively banished to Santo Stefano Island, in the Pontine archipelago, he was freed in 1943 by the resistance troops, which he then joined. Santo Stefano and the Pontine Islands. ... The Pontine Islands The Pontine Islands are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Partisans parading in Milan The Italian resistance movement was a partisan force during World War II. It became massive after the capitulation of the Italian Royal Army on September 8, 1943. ...

After the World War II, Amendola served, from 1948 to his death, in 1980, as deputy for the Italian Communist Party, becoming known especially in the 1970s as one of the leaders of the party right wing, which claimed graudal removal of marxist ideals, and supported the opportunity to make alliances with the more moderate parties, especially the Italian Socialist Party. One of his main allies was Giorgio Napolitano, the current President of the Italian Republic. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Giorgio Napolitano (born June 29, 1925 in Naples), an Italian politician and lifetime Senator is the president-elect of the Italian Republic. ... Flag of the President of the Italian Republic This is the list of Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title Presidente della Repubblica since 1948. ...

From 1967, Amendola also started to work as a writer; his most notable books include Comunismo, antifascismo e Resistenza ("Communism, anti-fascism and resistance", 1967), Lettere a Milano ("Letters to Milan", 1973), Intervista sull'antifascismo^[1] ("Interview on anti-fascism", 1976, with Piero Melograni), Una scelta di vita^[2] ("A choice of life", 1978), and Un'isola ("An island", 1980), considered his best work. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Amendola died in Rome, aged 73, after a long illness. For a trick of fate, his wife Germaine Lecocq, first met during his French exile in Paris, who helped him to write his last work, died a few hours after Amendola. The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 km/ 3 mi behind. ...

Today, Giorgio Amendola is regarded and often cited as one of the main precursors of the Olive Tree. For the Italian political alliance see Olive Tree, and the color, olive (color). ...

Sources

1. ^ Amendola, Giorgio (1976). Intervista sull'antifascismo (in Italian). Laterza. ISBN 8842044873.
2. ^ Amendola, Giorgio (1978). Una scelta di vita (in Italian). Rizzoli. ISBN 8817126101.