Strategy of Tension

Reviewing the experience of Italy in the 1970s - Negri

Steven. — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:48:30 +0000

Between "historic compromise" and terrorism
Reviewing the experience of Italy in the 1970s

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.

1958-1990: Operation Gladio, Italy

Steven. — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:21:15 +0000

Following the end of World War II, the Italian workers’ movement was rapidly gaining strength. In some towns the fascists had been kicked out by Resistance forces (as before the war, these were usually led by socialists and anarchists), and embryonic workers’ councils were governing.

1969-?: The Strategy of Tension in Italy

Steven. — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:12:15 +0000

Faced with a huge growth of working class power, with strikes, occupations, self-reduction of prices and mass squatting the intelligence services began carrying out terrorist acts with the help of fascist groups. Anarchists and the left were blamed, and working class militants were arrested.

Cassia, Salvatore, 1944-2002

Steven. — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:22:45 +0000

Salvatore “Toto” Cassia was a Sicilian of Trapani, but born at Siena on 2nd February 1944 after his parents settled there for 2 years after leaving Tripoli.

Marini, Giovanni, 1942-2001

Steven. — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:41:53 +0000

The late 1960s and the 1970s were strange and violent years in Italy.