Italian Worker's Socialist Party

The Italian Worker's Socialist Party, (Italian: Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani, PSLI) is an Italian democratic socialist political party. It was formerly known as the Unitary Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Unitario, PSU) from 1921 to 1929.
== History ==
The party was founded in February 1921, shortly after the expulsion of the reformist section of the Italian Socialist Party as it joined the Communist International and became the Communist Party of Italy (PCd'I). Two expelled reformist leaders, Filippo Turati and Giacomo Matteotti, established the Unitary Socialist Party as an alternative to the communists.
Although influential in parliament, the PSU saw only limited electoral success, with most left-wing voters turning to the PCd'I in both the 1921 and 1924 elections. The party saw its vote share decline in 1924 due to the increasing radicalization of left-wing voters amidst the events of the Decennio Rosso. Although opposed to the communists, the party stood alongside them in opposition to the various anti-socialist governments of the 1920's and always emphasized anti-fascism over anti-communism.
When the Governo Militare, the ruling military dictatorship, arose, the party fiercely and publicly opposed it. Their opposition led to a ban in 1929 along with other parties, driving the party underground. A number of party members were arrested by the government. The exiled leadership based in London renamed the party to the Italian Worker's Socialist Party in 1929. The party takes part in the Giustizia e Libertà movement of Carlo Rosselli.
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