Milan

1900: The assassination of King Umberto I of Italy

Steven. — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:08:06 +0000

See also our biography of Gaetano Bresci

Nokia occupation, Milan, 2002

Steven. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:30:50 +0000

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

Steven. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:46:51 +0000

Leaflets and information on strikes of cleaning workers in Paris and Milan.

Fiat - call centre report from Milano, Italy, 2002

Steven. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:22:18 +0000

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...

Pinelli, Giuseppe “Pino”, 1928-1969

Steven. — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:54:34 +0000

Giuseppe Pinelli, nicknamed Pino
Born 21 October 1928 – Milan, Italy, died 15 December 1969 – Milan, Italy

Valpreda, Pietro, 1933-2002

Steven. — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:45:20 +0000

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.

1971: Via Tibaldi occupation

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:27:37 +0000

The occupation at Via Tibaldi was a great step forward for the tenants’ and homeless movement in Italy. A whole neighbourhood was involved in it : factories, schools, housing projects took part in the organising of the struggle. There was a victory at Via Tibaldi because everyone there was fully aware

1971: The Quarto Oggiaro occupation

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:25:21 +0000

Quarto Oggiaro is a working class quarter of Milan in northern Italy. Many Italians had been forced to leave the poverty of the south to try to find work in the industrialised north, and there found pay low. Housing was scarce, and where it did exist much was wretchedly sub-standard.

Take over the city - Community struggle in Italy, 1973

libcom — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:08:07 +0000

Translated and edited by Ernest Dowson
Radical America, Vol.7 no.2, March-April 1973

Translator's Preface