Arditi del Popolo - The First Anti-Fascists
The rise to power of Mussolini and the Fascists in Italy, from 1919 to 1922, provides us with important lessons, not just about Fascism but also about the tactics & organisation necessary to fight it. Equally the critical role of the wider working class struggle is thrown into sharp focus. We believe the lessons are clear enough that they emerge simply from relating the story...
Article from Fighting Talk #14 (1996).
April 1945: Perspectives and Directives of the Internationalist Communist Party
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 7 2020 23:45
As the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe approaches and the British ruling class is trying to use the occasion to stoke patriotic fervour, when we are once again being told we must suffer in the ‘national interest’ due to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis, it’s a timely reminder that even in the most extreme of circumstances, the brutal imperialist slaughter of World War II, the Communist Left stood for the principle ‘no war between nations, no peace between classes’.
Migrant Partisans: the Internationalist Resistance Against Italian Fascism
Submitted by Ed on Jul 3 2019 22:26
Wu Ming Foundation deconstruct the myth of an Italian resistance to foreign Nazi occupation that was entirely white and nationalist, showing it instead to have involved thousands of migrants from all corners of the globe fighting Italy's homegrown fascism to create a better world for everyone.
Six of the best Antifa 'terrorists', what they did to cement their places in history
Submitted by libcom on Jul 1 2019 14:44
Anti-fascists have been using direct action against fascist regimes for decades, and often described as 'terrorists' as a result. Here we celebrate six of the best 'Antifa Terrorists'.
The left wing opposition in Italy during the period of the Resistance - Arturo Peregalli
Submitted by Craftwork on Sep 20 2017 13:57
An account of the groups to the left of the PCI, during WW2 by Arturo Peregalli. First published in 'Revolutionary History, Vol.5, No.4' ( Translated by Barbara Rossi and Doris Bornstein. It is based upon Peregalli’s 'Il Partito Comunista Internazionalista', and 'L’altra Resistenza: Il PCI e le opposizioni di sinistra in Italia, 1943–45', which first appeared as a series of fascicles in the 'Studi e Ricerche' series of the Centro Pietro Tresso (nos. 2, 4, 5, 8, 16, 17 and 21) and later as a full length book published by Graphos (Genoa 1991).
No to the draft! Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa revolt of January 1945
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 31 2017 14:00
A short account by Meno Occhipinti of the Ragusa revolt, and the role Maria Occhipinti played in it.
The Republic of Labin, 1921
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 9 2017 19:47
A short history of a short-lived uprising of coal miners in Croatia following an attack by Italian fascists, by Steven Johns.
When insurrections die - Gilles Dauvé
Submitted by libcom on May 9 2016 18:34
This is a reconceived version of 'Fascism and Anti-Fascism'. In this text, Dauvé shows how the wave of proletarian revolts in the first half of the twentieth century failed: either because they were crushed by the vicissitudes of war and ideology, or because their “victories” took the form of counter-revolutions themselves, setting up social systems which, in their reliance on monetary exchange and wage-labour, failed to transcend capitalism.
Melacci, Bernardo (1893-1943)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jan 27 2016 16:01
A short biography of Italian anarchist Bernardo Melacci
Red years, black years: anarchist resistance to fascism in Italy
Submitted by Steven. on Apr 6 2015 18:45
A detailed pamphlet on the history of the Italian anarchist resistance to fascism from the 1920s to 1945 and beyond by region. First published in 1973, translated to English by Alan Hunter and published in 1989 by ASP.
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