Italy
Pinelli, Giuseppe “Pino”, 1928-1969
A short biography of Giuseppe Pinelli, anarchist railway worker who was murdered by police in the Strategy of Tension. He was immortalised in Dario Fo's play Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
Giuseppe Pinelli, nicknamed Pino
Born 21 October 1928 – Milan, Italy, died 15 December 1969 – Milan, Italy
Valpreda, Pietro, 1933-2002
A short biography of the anarchist militant and dancer Pietro Valpreda who was caught up in the Strategy of Tension.
Pietro Valpreda was born in Milan in 1933. At the beginning of the 1960s he began to frequent anarchist circles in Milan and Rome. He worked as a dancer in theatrical reviews.
Fedi, Silvano, 1920-1944
A short biography of Italian anarchist, anti-fascist partisan and local hero Silvano Fedi. Fighting in the Resistance, he was killed in a Nazi ambush in 1944.
Silvano Fedi
Born 25 April 1920 - Pistoia, Italy, died 29 July 1944 - Italy
Classe Operaia - The birth of Italian Workerism
A history of the origins of the radical Italian theoretical current known as 'Operaismo' (Workerism), which began with Mario Tronti's Journal Classe Operaia.
An extract from Steve Wright’s book 'Storming Heaven'
The Workerists and the unions in Italy's 'Hot Autumn'
A brief history of the Italian Workerists in the 'Hot Autumn' of 1969, when unions succeeded in recuperating radical working class demands - leaving the Workerists to pursue the doomed road of all-or-nothing armed struggle
Extract from Steve Wright’s book 'Storming Heaven'
'We Are All Delegates!'
1943-1945: Anarchist partisans in the Italian Resistance
Historical notes on the activities of anarchist partisans in the anti-fascist Resistance in Italy during World War II.
Obituary: Goliardo Fiaschi, 1930-2000 - Stuart Christie
Obituary of Italian anarchist Goliardo Fiaschi by Stuart Christie from the Guardian newspaper.
By Stuart Christie
From the Guardian, Wednesday August 16, 2000
- Goliardo's biography by Antonio Tellez on libcom.org/history
Bonometti, Ettore, 1872-1961
A short biography of Italian anarchist militant Ettore Bonometti, who helped found the anarcho-syndicalist union the USI.
Ettore Bonometti
Born 22 December - Brescia, Italy, died 1961 - Brescia, Italy
Andrea, Virgilia d’, 1890-1932
A short biography of Italian anarchist, anti-fascist, teacher and poet Virgilia d'Andrea.
Virgilia d’Andrea
Born Sulmona-Abruzzi, Italy, 11 February 1890, died New York, 20 March 1932
1977: The Bologna uprising
A very brief outline of the seizure of Bologna by workers and students in 1977, and the run-up to it following the shooting of a demonstrator.
Autonomia!
Italy 1977 saw a spontaneous and creative outbreaks of rebellion demonstrating that the potential for revolution still exists in the working class of the industrialised west - no matter what the lefty cynics say.
