Italy
Student protests in Italy and Slovakia, 2005
Two short articles about school and university student demonstrations, March 2005.
Slovakia: Fourth student protest this year
Spontaneous strikes at Fiat Mirafiori, Italy, 2005
Short article about a brief wildcat strike at Fiat on 21 April 2005.
Serantini, Franco, 1951-1972
A short biography of Italian anarchist Franco Serantini, who was murdered by police during an anti-fascist demonstration.
Francisco Serantini was born in Cagliari on Sardinia on 16th July 1951 and abandoned at birth. He was given both his names by an official of a literary bent or a priest or policeman who had seen in the paper recently mention of the Romagnol writer of the same name, an author of picturesque novels, one of which was I Bastardi.
Italian train fare strike, 2005
Article and leaflet on the progress of a commuters' fare strike in Italy, following a train disaster which left seventeen dead.
Isca, Valerio, 1900-1996
A short biography of Italian-American anarchist and co-founder of the New York Libertarian Book Club, Valerio Isca.
The Last of the Anarchists: A working-class hero passes away.
By Paul Berman
Reviewing the experience of Italy in the 1970s - Negri
Antonio Negri recalls the political experience of various aspects of the mass struggles of the 1970s in Italy, including the Strategy of Tension.
Between "historic compromise" and terrorism
Reviewing the experience of Italy in the 1970s
Reports on struggle railway cleaners in Italy, 2002
Reports and leaflets on a strike of thousands of cleaning at the state-owned railway in Italy in 2002 which involved rail blockades, slowdowns and strikes.
Nokia occupation, Milan, 2002
Prols leaflet that was distributed in Bochum, Germany and Milan, Italy to Nokia-workers in March 2002 after Nokia workers occupied their plant and blocked railways against outsourcing.
Documents on cleaners' strikes in Paris and Milan, 2002
Leaflets and information on strikes of cleaning workers in Paris and Milan.
Fiat - call centre report from Milano, Italy, 2002
Report from October 2002 about work, resistance and the possibilities for struggle in a Milan call centre.
At the beginning everything looks really nice when you enter Fiat's call centre in Milan. Lots of space, multi-coloured cubicle walls and little flags, lots of young people sitting in front of large monitors, wandering around or relaxing and smoking in the corner by the vending machines. They speak all kinds of languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish...
