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...Comrades, for only 27 traitors you will not sell your souls to the Americans," he said. This was hardly an answer to a rugged young peasant named Matteo Pistillo, nicknamed Spaccatutto (worldbeater) and long known for his unswerving devotion to the Communist cause. "All right," he cried, "but when will Palmiro become our Premier? It may be true what the comrade said, but it is still truer that today I see the land reform." Pistillo had heard of other defections from the Communist Party in southern Italy. By last month the reform had given farms to 146 families around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Closed for Shame | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

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