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.

Students demonstrate in Milan, 1968

States of emergency: cultures of revolt in Italy from 1968 to 1978 - Robert Lumley

The complete text of the definitive book on the mass social movements in Italy in the 1960s and 70s…

S01E005 - Autonomia – 1968 to the ‘Year of ’77′

An edition of the Novara radio show discussing the history and analysis of the Italian workerist movement, Autonomia and its continued relevance…

A slice of an assembly and some interventions by the Metropolitan Indians

A L'Europeo article, presumably around '77, containing coverage of an assembly and interviews with…

‘‘A laughter that will bury you all’’: Irony as protest and language as struggle in the Italian 1977 movement

A paper by Patrick Cuninghame reassessing the Italian "1977 movement" and its use…

Radio Alice

An interview with Franco Berardi on Radio Alice, a free radio station in Bologna from 1973-1977.

Workerism and Politics - Mario Tronti

This is the text of Mario Tronti’s lecture at the 2006 Historical Materialism conference. It provides a brief, evocative synopsis of Tronti’s…

Stefano Delle Chiaie: Portrait of a 'black' terrorist - Stuart Christie

Investigative journalism by Stuart Christie into the neo-fascist terrorist career of Stefano Delle…

History of ten years - Encyclopedie des Nuisances

Analysis of the outbreaks of class struggle in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland that took place between 1974 and 1984, published by the…

Fossa dei Leoni, AC Milan ultras.

The Ultra movement and the political influences

Article about how Italian politics, of both left and right, came to influence 'ultras' groups in football teams across the country and how it…

Hot Autumn photo gallery, Italy 1969

Photos of strikes, demonstrations, occupations and mass assemblies of workers and students from Italy's 'Hot Autumn' of 1969. Also includes…

Piazza Statuto riot

Organized spontaniety: class struggle, workers autonomy and soviets in Italy - Gigi Roggero

Gigi Roggero on the Italian operaismo and the movements of the 60s and 70s.

Cover of the original edition of Storming Heaven by Steve Wright which includes a map of Italy with a clenched fist coming out of the top of it.

Storming heaven: class composition and struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism - Steve Wright

Book documenting the historical context of the Italian operaista tradition, and the…