We have said that Anarchy is society without government. But is the suppression of government possible, desirable, or wise? Let us see. Errico Malatesta (4 December 1853 - 22 July 1932) was an Italian anarchist. He spent much of his life exiled from Italy and in total spent more than ten years in prison. Malatesta wrote and edited a number of radical newspapers and was also a friend of M. Bakunin.