Vito Nicola Capozzi was born on 7thJuly in
1889 in Gioia del Colle from Vincenzo and
Letizia Pugliese, in a poor economic background that bordered on
poverty. When he was 13 he participated
to the movement of farmers, born in
Gioia del Colle in 1899 to defend the rights of the poorer classes. As socialist
and politician he has become the symbol of freedom and equality of men because
as a teenager he fought for the emancipation of the agricultural proletariat.
Religion was the ‘guiding star’ of his life, in fact, he was often described as
a ‘religious socialist’. Nicola always stated that he professed a genuine
socialism corresponding to a pure Christianity.In 1906 Capozzi was official enrolled in the Italian
Socialist Party in 1919 was appointed
secretary of the provincial federation of socialist.That period was
characterized by the birth of a new political ideology: the fascism. Supported
by Benito Mussolini together with farmers and industrialists, this political
movement achieved power by armed teams that terrorized the citizens with
violent actions. In November 1926 Mussolini
decided to break up and declared every party outlawed with the exception of the
fascist one; then he suppressed all the newspapers
and the associations adverse to the regime, he imposed the revision of
passports to leave the country and he authorizes the police to shoot during
clandestine expatriation attempts.Nicola Capozzi was considerated
like a militant of the Socialist Party.
In February 1926 Nicola, after his appointment as adviser of Socialist Party, was incriminated with the accusation of incitement to revolt, public insult to the government and armed insurrection against the state power.Capozzi and all the party of Gioia del Colle begin to be persecuted by the fascist teams. He was confined for 10 years in Ustica, Ponza, Ventotene and imprisoned for 3 years in different jails, he underwent 10 processes and also placed in the category of the most dangerous people in Puglia.At the end of World War II Nicola came back to Gioia del Colle, continued to fight for a better world and decided to subscribe to Italian Communist Party. In 1952 with Magnani, an ex-member of the PCI, Nicola gave life to the MLI (Movement of Italian Workers). He died on 23th of April in 1976 after a long illness but he will remain forever in the history as a brave man who fought for a better world.
In February 1926 Nicola, after his appointment as adviser of Socialist Party, was incriminated with the accusation of incitement to revolt, public insult to the government and armed insurrection against the state power.Capozzi and all the party of Gioia del Colle begin to be persecuted by the fascist teams. He was confined for 10 years in Ustica, Ponza, Ventotene and imprisoned for 3 years in different jails, he underwent 10 processes and also placed in the category of the most dangerous people in Puglia.At the end of World War II Nicola came back to Gioia del Colle, continued to fight for a better world and decided to subscribe to Italian Communist Party. In 1952 with Magnani, an ex-member of the PCI, Nicola gave life to the MLI (Movement of Italian Workers). He died on 23th of April in 1976 after a long illness but he will remain forever in the history as a brave man who fought for a better world.
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