Italy 60s-70s

Content about the mass struggles in Italy in the 1960s and 70s, known as the Creeping May, and the associated Years of Lead.

Memories of a Metropolitan Indian

A former Metropolitan Indian (member of a situationist-influenced group in Italy) recounts some experiences with the group during the "Years of…

Heroin

Heroin and Italy's 'Disappeared' Generation - Emilio Torrini

An article describing the devastating effects of the Italian Mafia (with conspiracy theories…

Back to the future: Italian Workerists reflect upon the Operaista project - Steve Wright

Drawing upon the transcripts used in a book consisting of interviews of people…

A brief history of the Italian section of the Situationist International - Miguel Amorós (updated and revised December 2017)

A revised and updated (December 2017) account of the second Italian Section of the…

FIAT Lingotto factory, Turin.

The American worker and the Forze Nuove: Turin and Detroit at the twilight of Fordism

Nicola Pizzolato on the commonalities between Detroit and Turin, Italy in the 1960s.

Intensifichiamo La Lotta

Left wing extremists harass CCU strike leaders

A 1976 diplomatic telegram sent abroad by the Italian government informing of dangerous workerist intervention challenging the limits of an…

Learning to struggle: my story between workerism and feminism - Leopoldina Fortunati

An interesting account of an Italian Marxist feminist of her experiences and development in the…

Radical America #05.05: Italy 1969-1970

Issue of Radical America from September-October 1971, predominantly about the mass struggles in Italy in the previous two years.

Piazza Fontana bombing, 1969

The veritable report on the last chance to save capitalism in Italy - Censor

A brilliant hoax report by former Situationist International member Gianfranco Sanguinetti…

Franca Rame’s rape: Fascists, carabinieri and ‘a higher wish’ - Girolamo De Michele

Article on Italian state and police involvement in the rape and torture of a radical activist by…

Let’s not talk about desires anymore

“Let’s not talk about desires anymore, let’s desire: we are desiring machines, machines of war.” After the events of March 1977, Radio Alice…

Apocalypse and survival - Francesco Santini

A harrowing intellectual biography and review essay devoted to the life and works of Giorgio Cesarano, interwoven with an account of the Italian …