Our Operaismo - Mario Tronti
Mario Tronti looks back at the development of Italian operaismo during the 1950s/60s.
[i]While most political forms and traditions of the European left cross-pollinated freely across national boundaries, the Italian operaismo of the 1960s was largely a sui generis experience in its time.
The voiceless’ last scream: a sucide a day among the unemployed in Italy
Submitted by Italy Calling on May 23 2012 21:37
In the last few years many suicides in Italy have been strongly linked to the economic crisis and unemployment. 357 people killed themselves in 2009, compared to the 260 of the previous year: a 37.3% growth. 76% of those people had lost their jobs or couldn’t find one due to the crisis, with a smaller percentage of younger people who were looking for their first job.
Employment emerges as one of the general key causes of suicides: 18.4 suicides were recorded every 100.000 unemployed people, against 4.1 among the employed. This confirms the importance of a job as a way to build and improve someone’s life, especially in the male population, which has the highest percentage of suicides in general.
Macao
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 23 2012 12:31
On May 5, Torre GalFa (empty since 1997) became the site of the Europe’s largest occupation: ‘Macao’.
Torre GalFa is a 31-story high-rise built in the 1950s. It stands in the middle of Milan, at the intersection of via Galvani and via Fara. On May 5, the building (empty since 1997) became the site of the Europe’s largest occupation: ‘Macao’.
Operai e Capitale - Mario Tronti
What has been translated of Mario Tronti's 1966 book, Operai e Capitale (Workers and Capital).
Media manipulation over school bombing in Brindisi
Submitted by Italy Calling on May 22 2012 20:47
Last Saturday morning a bomb exploded outside the vocational college for young women “Morvillo-Falcone” in the Southern city of Brindisi, killing a teenage girl, Melissa Bassi, and severely wounding several other classmates.
The school is named after the anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone’s wife, Francesca Morvillo, herself also a judge. Both were killed at the hands of the Mafia in a highway bombing in Sicily in 1992. Nevertheless, there were no immediate claims of responsibility for Saturday’s bombing, nothing that could link it to organised crime.
Blast in high school in Brindisi leaves 1 victim and 7 injured
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 21 2012 15:51
On May 19 at 8:00 a.m., an explosive device made of two gas tanks blasted through the vocational high school Francesca Morvillo Falcone in Brindisi, at the same time that students were gathering and preparing to start an ordinary day of class. One student, Melissa Bassi (aged 16), was killed, while seven other students are being treated for severe injuries (one of them, whose identity has not been made public, is allegedly in critical condition).
While no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, several clues would seem to suggest the involvement of organized crime (which in the region is known as the Sacra Corona Unita).
5400 workers on redundancy payment at FIAT plant in Mirafiori, Turin
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 21 2012 15:09
Sergio Marchionne has managed to set a new record in his activity as the CEO of FIAT: that is, to layoff the whole workforce of the Mirafiori plant in Turin.
The layoff has been set for 6 days (June 14, 15, 21; July 12, 13, 19; 2 more days of closure will be achieved through forced leave of the employees) and will involve all 5,400 workers currently employed in the administrative offices of the Fiat plant in Mirafiori. Although FIAT is no new to such measures, this particular layoff is unprecedented for its size and duration.
Over Mother’s Day, Catholic and neo-fascist organizations demand an end to abortion
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 18 2012 17:16
Thousands of people marched on Rome on Mother’s Day morning, 13 May, to demand the ban of abortion in Italy.
They were “pro-life” militants, coming from different Catholic and right-wing organizations —among them, fundamentalist religious organizations such as Militia Christi, and the neo-fascist party Forza Nuova. But by far the most worrying thing – even if it does not come unexpected – is the patronage given by the Rome township to the demonstration.
Communist march in Rome
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 16 2012 18:25
It might be early for an electoral gain such as that of the Greek parties Syriza and KKE; yet, the Italian communists have raised their heads.
Occupy Equitalia
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 15 2012 14:52
Equitalia is a state-owned tax collection agency. Created in 2007, it was meant to replace all the private companies previously in charge of the task.
In 2010 Equitalia collected 8.87 billion euros; its profits for the same year came to 1.29 billion euros (Report), with 1.22 billion coming from the 9% commission premium that Equitalia charged on top of the 4% interest that debtors owed to different public administratio
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