Autonomia Operaia
Autonomia Operaia (
autonomist movement in the 1970s, alongside earlier organisations such as Potere Operaio, which was created after May 1968, and Lotta Continua
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Beginning
The autonomist movement gathered itself around the
Autonomia in Padua and A/traverso in Bologna. It was a decentralized, localist network or "area" of movements, particularly strong in Rome, Milan, Padua and Bologna, but at its height in 1977 was also often present in small towns and villages where not even the Italian Communist Party (PCI) was present[1]
There was also an armed tendency known as autonomia armata (armed autonomy).[2]
People such as
historic compromise
with the Christian Democrats.
The clash between the PCI and Autonomia
On 17 February 1977
La Sapienza
University. During the speech, the autonomi and the CGIL's security organization had a violent clash. This resulted in Lama being chased away. This confrontation prompted the expulsion of the students by the police.
The clash between the PCI and Autonomia reinforced the more radical current within Autonomia. The creative current, which included extravagant components, such as the Indiani Metropolitani movement, found themselves in a minority. Some of the autonomi decided that the time had come to alzare il livello dello scontro (escalate of the conflict), in other words, to start using firearms.
See also
- Autonomism
- Years of lead (Italy)
- Potere Operaio
- Lotta Continua
- Movement of 1977
External links
- Storia di Autonomia (History of Autonomia), Tactical Media Crew website, 1978 (in Italian)
- Documenti politici (Political documents), Autonomia Operaia website (in Italian)
- Convegno di fondazione di Autonomia Operaia, Autonomia Operaia founding convention, 3-4 March 1973 (in Italian)
- Guerra, Nicola (2021). "Il linguaggio politico della sinistra e della destra extraparlamentari negli anni di piombo" [The political language of the extra-parliamentary left and right in the years of lead]. Italian Studies (in Italian). 76 (4). Taylor & Francis: 406–420. . Retrieved 15 February 2022.
References
- ^ Gun Cuninghame, Patrick. Autonomia: A Movement Of Refusal – Social Movements And Social Conflict In Italy In The 1970s. Middlesex University, unpublished PhD thesis, 2002.
- ^ Gun Cuninghame, Patrick. 'Autonomia In The Seventies: The Refusal Of Work, The Party And Politics', Cultural Studies Review (Special Issue On Contemporary Italian Political Theory)[University Of Melbourne, Australia], Vol. 11, No. 2, September 2005, pp. 77-94.
- ISBN 978-1-4051-9807-3