Armed joy - Alfredo Bonanno

Italian insurrectionary anarchist Alfredo Bonanno's most notorious text, 1977's Armed Joy is a call to militant, playful action. It was ordered to be destroyed in Italy following its publication. We do not agree with the text fundamentally but reproduce it for reference.

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According to a number of sources on Twitter, Bonanno died todsy, 6 December 2023.

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