Italy: Ettore Salvini, 1938-1976

Ettore Salvini. Others of his articles and essays have appeared in other press organs, both Italian (Quaderni Placentini, under the name E. Sicco) and foreign. Comrade Ezio's intellectual gifts were combined with human qualities that earned him the unreserved esteem of all those who knew him and great respect on the part of all his comrades. He combined various talents, from great political intelligence and acuteness of analysis to tactical sensitivity and understanding of orgonizational problems. His great human qualities compelled everyone to carefully consider all his proposals, even when there was disagreement with them. Finally, many of the youngest militants of the GCR have had occasion to fully absorb the lucidity and profound knowledge of revolutionary Marxism through the many decisive contributions of Comrade Ezio to cadre schools, both locally and nationally. For the GCR, the Fourth International, Bandiera Rossa, for all of us, the death of Comrade Ezio is a profound loss, one we will not soon be able to make up for. Ezio stood and worked among us with all the passion, dedication, and intelligence of a revolutionary communist militant, an internationalist communist militant. His comrades and the organization he worked so tirelessly to build will never forget him.