One hundred years ago - on May 16, 1925 - Antonio Gramsci spoke out in Parliament against the law that abolished associations. Laws that would have pushed Italy ever deeper into the darkness of dictatorship.

On the occasion of the centenary of that important speech, the Giorgio Asproni Foundation organized a round table on the importance of social and civil liberties.

The appointment is for next June 26th from 5:30 pm at the Teatro Massimo in Cagliari for a meeting between history and current events. The starting point for the debate will be the book "Freemasonry and Fascism. From the Great War to the banning of lodges" by Fulvio Conti, full professor of Contemporary History at the University of Florence.

With him on stage Marco Pignotti, professor of Contemporary History at the University of Cagliari, Stefano Pira, professor of Modern History at the University of Cagliari, and Roberto Pianta of the Asproni Foundation.

The Asproni Foundation was established in 2010 with the aim of honoring the figure of the illustrious politician and patriot of the Risorgimento, a native of Bitti, and of disseminating his thoughts and works.

Giorgio Asproni, a member of parliament for the historical left from 1848 to 1876, was a brilliant journalist who worked for many Italian, Spanish and American newspapers. He was a friend of Mazzini, Garibaldi and Cattaneo, to whom he illustrated the Sardinian question, providing valuable reports and documentation concerning the region. A staunch promoter of the economic and cultural development of Sardinia and the South, Asproni was constantly committed to ensuring that republican principles, together with those of secularism and autonomy, were part of the national debate and the institutional heritage of the Italian nation.

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