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The illness of violence cannot be cured by greater violence. - Danilo Dolci
Danilo Dolci
Danilo Dolci, an Italian nonviolent social activist who dedicated his life to addressing the social injustice suffered by Sicilian peasants and workers after World War II is best known for his opposition to poverty, social exclusion and the Mafia on Sicily.
He is an influential theorist of nonviolent reform, extending Gandhi's Sarvodaya theory and campaigns in Italy. Since the mids he has attracted attention as one of the world's leading social reformers and nonviolent activists.
A labour organiser, Dolci lived and worked in rural western Sicily for more than four decades, employing nonviolent methods to campaign for jobs and the transfer of water rights from the Mafia to farmers' collectives.1 He became known as the "Gandhi of Sicily" His theories came from Gandhi who inspired him to follow the path of non-violence.
Early Life
Danilo Dolci was born a