Italy 60s-70s

A short biography of the anarchist militant and dancer Pietro Valpreda who was caught up in the Strategy of Tension.

A history of the origins of the radical Italian theoretical current known as 'Operaismo' (Workerism), which began with Mario Tronti's Journal…

A brief history of the Italian Workerists in the 'Hot Autumn' of 1969, when unions succeeded in…

Obituary of Italian anarchist Goliardo Fiaschi by Stuart Christie from the Guardian newspaper.

A very brief outline of the seizure of Bologna by workers and students in 1977, and the run-up to it following the shooting of a demonstrator.

The history of the secret neo-fascist army in Italy set up ostensibly to resist Soviet invasion, but in reality to be used in the event of the…

Information about the Italian state's "Strategy of Tension" policy in which it carried out terrorist attacks against its own people in order to…

A short history of an occupation of empty housing in Italy by workers who had inadequate accomodation. Their direct action and solidarity forced…

A short history of a militant mass occupation of empty housing in Milan, Italy, 1971 which pressured the government to give in and provide the…

The history of the residents in one of Rome's outlying ghettos who had inadequate health care provision. Seizing a government building, they and sympathetic health workers set up their own medical centre and ran it collectively.

An article on the relationship between punk and Autonomia presented by Keir at the No Future conference, September 2001.

Article from the 1990s containing information about Italy's movement of political squats called "social centres."