Italy 1969-70: a wave of struggles - Potere Operaio
A supplement to Potere Operaio, No. 27, June 27 – July 3, 1970.
Memories of a Metropolitan Indian
Submitted by vicent on Sep 13 2015 23:00
A former Metropolitan Indian (member of a situationist-influenced group in Italy) recounts some experiences with the group during the "Years of Lead": the violent late-1970s.
Heroin and Italy's 'Disappeared' Generation - Emilio Torrini
Submitted by Infrared. on Jun 12 2015 23:45
An article describing the devastating effects of the Italian Mafia (with conspiracy theories alleging CIA assistance) disseminating cheap heroin within anti-establishment circles in 1970s Italy.
Back to the future: Italian Workerists reflect upon the Operaista project - Steve Wright
Drawing upon the transcripts used in a book consisting of interviews of people involved in the Italian operaismo and autonomia movements, Steve Wright explores issues and debates around immaterial labour and post-Fordism, to the nature of subjectivity and the role of workers’ enquiries and co-research.
A brief history of the Italian section of the Situationist International - Miguel Amorós
Submitted by Alias Recluse on May 19 2014 19:06
A short account of the second Italian Section of the Situationist International (members: Gianfranco Sanguinetti, Paolo Salvadori, Claudio Pavan and Eduardo Rothe) from its origins in the youth culture protests of the mid-1960s to its collapse during the state terror campaign of the 1970s, including discussions of the precursor journal, S, the influence of the French situationists and May ‘68, the role played by the “organizational question”, the various publications of the Italian Section, its isolation from the other radical currents in Italy and the sordid personality conflicts that plagued the Section and finally led to its dissolution in 1971.
The American worker and the Forze Nuove: Turin and Detroit at the twilight of Fordism
Nicola Pizzolato on the commonalities between Detroit and Turin, Italy in the 1960s.
Left wing extremists harass CCU strike leaders
Submitted by backspace on Dec 8 2013 17:38
A 1976 diplomatic telegram sent abroad by the Italian government informing of dangerous workerist intervention challenging the limits of an ineffective 4 hour token strike in Italian industry.
Learning to struggle: my story between workerism and feminism - Leopoldina Fortunati
An interesting account of an Italian Marxist feminist of her experiences and development in the autonomist and feminist movements in Italy in the 1970s.
Radical America #05.05: Italy 1969-1970
Issue of Radical America from September-October 1971, predominantly about the mass struggles in Italy in the previous two years.
The veritable report on the last chance to save capitalism in Italy - Censor
A brilliant hoax report by former Situationist International member Gianfranco Sanguinetti purporting to be by a cultured Italian aristocrat calling himself "Censor". It was sent to 520 of the most powerful people in Italy in 1975 and sounding like a conservative from another era Censor counselled his peers in response to the mass strikes sweeping the country, causing a scandal and laying bare the state manipulation of terrorist groups in the Strategy of Tension.
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