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.

Let A Thousand Hands Reach Out To Pick Up The Gun - Nanni Balestrini

Short story depicting armed struggle in Italy in the 1970s by Nanni Balestrini, author of "The…

The Black Prince: Borghese

1970: The Golpe Borghese coup plot in Italy

A short history of the aborted neofascist Golpe Borghese coup plot in Italy, 1970, and the subsequent repercussions.

Porto Marghera – the last firebrands

Excellent booklet on the widespread class struggle in the chemical factories of the Italian industrial zone of Porto Marghera in the 1960s and…

Workers in Italy's hot autumn of 1969

Cultural revolution - Lotta Continua

This article gives a brief overview of some of the social changes that took place in the mass struggles in the late 60’s.

Fiat workers strike in the hot autumn of 1969

Organising at Fiat, 1969

The speech of a worker from the Fiat Mirafiori plant outlining workers' organising efforts and lessons they had learned in the militant struggles…

Italy's hot autumn, 1969

The Italian background - Ernest Dowson

A clear and succinct introduction to the background and events of the mass, militant class struggle in Italy in the 1960s and 70s.

Alfa Romeo Arese plant strike assembly, 1960s/70s

Against the state as boss - Autonomous Assembly of Alfa Romeo

A fascinating and detailed first person account of workers struggles at Italian state-owned auto…

1970s Fiats

An interview with workers at Fiat, 1970

Three workers from FIAT Mirafiori in Italy describe the experiences of the Southern immigrant coming to work in the industrial cities of the…

Autoreduction movements in Turin, 1974

Eddy Cherki and Michel Wieviorka's account of the workers' self-reduction of prices movement in the Italian city of Turin in the 1970s.

Workers in the Hot Autumn

Institutionalization from below: The unions and social movements - 1970s Italy

The chapter of Robert Lumley's excellent book on the mass struggles in Italy of the 60s and 70s…

The working class struggle against the crisis: self-reduction of prices in Italy - Bruno Ramirez

Bruno Ramirez's analysis of the Italian working class' response to the economic…

Worker and student struggles in Italy, 1962-1973 - Sam Lowry

A history of the wave of strikes and occupations that gripped Italian factories and universities…