Party of Italian Workers

The Party of Italian Workers [Italian: Partito dei Lavoratori Italiani, PLI] was an Italian left-wing socialist political party founded in Genoa in 1892. It was the oldest and third largest party with 148 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

The PLI was strictly divided into two major branches: the Reformists; who were social democrats strong in the unions and the parliamentary group and the Maximalists; who were Marxists affiliated with the London Bureau. This divide within the PLI was the party's main problem which, after the death of Adriano Giovanardi, caused the party to split on the 15th August 1919 into the Italian Reformists Socialist Party and the Italian Workers' Revolutionary Party.

Benito Luciani
Luciani was the founder and the first leader of the PLI until 1915 when he was assassinated and was succeeded by Adriano Giovanardi.

Adriano Giovanardi
Giovanardi was the second leader of the PLI. Joining the party in 1904, he helped substantially during the 1909 and 1913 general elections which earned him being known as well-respected and hard-working. However since Giovanardi succeded Luciani, his popularity slowly decreased which ultimately led to his assassination in 1919.

Damiano Mancinelli
Mancinelli was a prominent Marxist member of the PLI.

Vittorio Bruno
Bruno was a prominent Reformist member of the PLI.

Umberto Alfonsi
Alfonsi was a member of the PLI.