Radical America #07.02: Working class struggles in Italy

Issue of Radical America journal from March-April 1973 focusing on the mass struggles going on at the time in Italy in workplaces and communities.

VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2 MARCH-APRIL, 1973
RADICAL AMERICA

Jim Kaplan Introduction to the Revolutionary Left in Italy 1
Ernest Dowson The Italian Background 7
Potere Operaio Italy, 1973: Workers’ Struggles in the Capitalist Crisis 15
Adriano Sofri Organizing for Workers‘ Power 33
Autonomous Assembly of Alfa Romeo, Against the State as Boss 47
Lotta Continua Take Over the City! 79
Bruno Ramirez Interview with Guido Viale 113
For Further Reading 120
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