Italian socialist leaders chose negotiation over insurrection in 1920, angering radicals

Evidence

Labor’s victory was far from satisfying relative to the revolutionary expectations of many rankandfi le workers. Th e PSI and FIOM had recoiled from leading a general insurrection for the fi nal seizure of power, amplifying their confl ict with the Ordinovisti, who accused them of hesitation and ultimately sabotage of the popular revolutionary momentum. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 565

Categorization

• SEED: The reformist-leadership-vs-radical-rank-and-file split here is a reusable analytical frame for writing about how revolutions get contained from within.
• XREF: connects to: Spontaneous insurrection outpaced organized socialist leadership in Turin 1917; An unresolved party-versus-union divide left the Italian radical movement internally dual; Italian communists opposed fusion with reformist socialists even after expulsions

Broader Connections

• An unresolved party-versus-union divide left the Italian radical movement internally dual #expands (0.80)
• Spontaneous insurrection outpaced organized socialist leadership in Turin 1917 #corroborates (0.75)
• Italian communists opposed fusion with reformist socialists even after expulsions #complicates (0.75)