Aldo Capitini on Opposition and Liberation

This Translation Of Aldo Capitiniâ (tm)s Quasi-autobiography Is Long Overdue. It Presents An Edited Series Of His Writings Spanning His Lifetime (1899-1968). An Italian Philosopher Of Nonviolence, Poet, Teacher, Political And Non-secular Religious Man Of Compresence And Persuasion, Capitini Encouraged His Readers To Embrace The Philosophy Of Noncooperation, Nonviolence, And Nonmendacity. Self-taught, Later Removed From His University Position And Imprisoned As An Anti-fascist, He Opted For Liberalsocialism And â Oeon-the-ground Strategies For Social Changeâ . His Civil Rights Movement, Somewhere Between That Of Martin Luther King And Gandhi, Insisted On Ever-pertinent And Frighteningly Contemporary Concepts. The Founder Of The First Italian Vegetarian Association (1952) And The First Perugia Assisi Peace March (1961), Capitini Preferred To Work From The Bottom-up And Refused To Become An Elected Political Figure, Which Eventually Led To His Exclusion From Official Political Participation. His Revolutionary Voice Epitomizes A Fundamental Part Of Democratic Involvement: If We Participate, â Oetodayâ (tm)s Utopia Can Be Tomorrowâ (tm)s Realityâ .