Danilo Dolci: Development and Opposition to the Oppression of the Mafia by Rene Wadlow
Danilo Dolci (1925-1997) whose birth anniversary we note on 28 June, was active in the movement for world citizenship and deeply influenced by the non-violent methods of Mahatma Gandhi. He was often called “The Gandhi of Sicily”. In 1952, Danilo Dolci went to live in a small, very poor town of western Sicily. The towns-people watched him and wondered why an...