What? Anarchists in Egypt!
Submitted by Steven. on May 27 2017 11:18
A short account of the anarchist movement, primarily of Italian migrants, in Egypt before 1916, by Costantino Paonessa.
Andrea Salsedo of Pantelleria
Submitted by Steven. on May 26 2017 16:03
A short account of the life of Italian anarchist Andrea Salsedo, who was killed in 1920 by a "fall" from a police station window in New York.
Little girls
Submitted by Steven. on May 14 2017 18:50
An account written in 1895 by Zo d'Axa of the 1891 trial of two teenage anarchist girls, Maria Roda, 15, and Ernesta Quartirola, accused of encouraging attacks on the police during an anarchist demonstration.
Andrea, Virgilia d', 1890-1933
Submitted by Steven. on May 13 2017 16:14
A short biography of Virgilia d'Andrei, an Italian anarchist teacher, anti-fascist and poet.
Italy 1980-81: After Marx, jail! The attempted destruction of a communist movement - Red Notes
Red Notes' pamphlet charting the repression of Italy's 1970s extraparliamentary communist movement, when thousands of radical workers and intellectuals were swept into the country's jails.
On recent events around SiCobas in Italy
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 16 2017 15:48
Two articles by Battaglia Comunista translated from Italian analysing two stories which demonstrate some of the limitations of base (rank and file) unionism. The first concerns the split in SiCobas which has seen the formation of Solcobas and the second on a classic sting targetting of Aldo Milani, chief spokesperson for SiCobas.
Repression worsens against activists fighting TAP gas pipeline in Italy
Submitted by Rob Ray on Apr 4 2017 11:21
Grassroots organisation the AltreMenti Valle Peligna collective reports that repression is becoming increasingly harsh as activists fight against the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Puglia.
“我们在黑格尔的脸上吐痰”—— 1970年代意大利的工人主义女权运动
Submitted by sjzc on Mar 23 2017 15:15
本文回顾意大利1970年代“工人主义”女权运动，探讨以“女权斗争”为名的组织及其所发起的国际“家务有偿化”运动，并进一步思考它对全球女权实践和理论的影响。
Bordiga: Early political views
Submitted by jondwhite on Mar 21 2017 10:31
Three part series on the pre-1917 political views of this Italian thinker who later became the first leader of the Italian Communist Party and then a Left Communist critic of the state capitalist regime in Russia (from Socialist Standard, January, March and February 2017)
Base unions in Italy to strike against destructive “good schools” law
Submitted by Rob Ray on Mar 16 2017 15:18
A nationwide strike called by base unions against implementation of Law 107, better known as the “good school” law, is set to happen tomorrow, Friday 17th, writes Patrizia of Umanita Nova.
