Russian Revolutionary Mikhail Bukunin nurtured anarchism in Italy, making it the dominant expression of Socialism there - triumphant over Marxism and all other revolutionary doctrines. From the First International to the 1872 Anti-Authoritarian International, from government suppression and anarchist insurrection to Errico Malatesta's prominent role in resurrecting the Anarchist movement, this orginal reasearch provides a critical examination of early anarchist practices.