In the Land of the Black Shirts - Eugene Lanti
Extract from Eugene Lanti's report on conditions in Mussolini's Italy, using testimony from several underground anti-fascists.
Why is coronavirus killing so many people in Italy?
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Mar 31 2020 18:19
Let's make a few things clear: Coronavirus is killing thousands of people in Italy because of inequality, business, reckless disregard for workers' lives.
Ĉe la lando de la "Nigraĉemizuloj" Ekstrakto
Ekstratko de raporto el Italio dum la faŝista reĝimo.
I Stay At Home
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Mar 22 2020 19:00
In the warehouses organized by base unions SICobas and ADL Cobas 90% of the workers don't go to work anymore.
https://en.labournet.tv/i-stay-home
Italy: "We're not Lambs to the Slaughter!" Class Struggle in the Time of Coronavirus
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 15 2020 13:08
The line that divides this entire society into two social classes is today, in the time of coronavirus, clearer than ever.
Demonstration and Strike of Peroni Workers at Tor Sapienza (Rome)
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 14 2020 17:27
On February 29th we (comrades from the CWO and Battaglia Comunista) were at the solidarity demonstration with the warehouse workers of the Italian-Japanese company Peroni in Tor Sapienza, Rome. The workers there are carrying on a bitter struggle for better working conditions which started with a week-long strike.
Initial Thoughts on Coronavirus and its Fallout
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 10 2020 17:10
The article which follows is a translation from Battaglia Comunista 3 (March 2020), paper of our Italian affiliate, the Internationalist Communist Party. Italy has currently one of the worst death rates from coronavirus (4%), higher even than China’s. This despite locking down over a dozen towns in Lombardy, closing all schools and universities throughout the country, banning public gatherings and telling Italians who attend any social gatherings that they should keep one metre in any direction away from the next person.
The Internationalist Communist Party
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 7 2020 13:19
For the Party to live a real life – in, with and for the class – well, this does not depend only on our will and abilities, on the contrary, it depends on the class itself.
The Italian Communist Left
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 5 2020 23:43
Via this red thread, which involved the interpretation, application and defence of revolutionary Marxism against various denials and betrayals, the Italian Communist Left in 1943 formed the Internationalist Communist Party.
Italy: On the Sardines Movement
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 14 2020 19:38
What emerges, even among its younger representatives who are less involved in roles of responsibility, is the fact that politically speaking the Left has "abandoned" the poorest social strata and in every respect embraces the economic logic of the world in which we live.
