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Italy’s war on occupied social centres
In early June, we shared news about and a documentary film dedicated to “Spin Time”, an occupied social centre in the heart of Rome. On the 29th of July, a small fire in the social centre’s building provided the occasion … Continue reading
Virgilia D’Andrea: The poet anarchist
We alone are the vehicle for our Idea, and only through our work will it one day become an indispensable part of life.[1] Virgilia D’Andrea Before the myriad torments of the world – of poverty, slavery, hunger, imprisonment, torture, murder … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Art and Revolution, italy, Virgilia D'Andrea
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Sabina Guzzanti: How Tiring Democracy Is!
Embrace diversity.Unite-Or be divided,robbed,ruled,killedBy those who see you as prey.Embrace diversityOr be destroyed. Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower We propose to risk making a statement of the basic and interrelated principles of anarchism (basic principles from which all … Continue reading
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Tagged anachism, italy, Okupations, revolution, Sabina Guzzanti
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An Orgasm of History: 1977 in Italy – Digression on the Thread of Memory by a former Situationist
by Gianfranco Sanguinetti We share below a new translation of “An Orgasm of History: 1977 in Italy,” a text Gianfranco Sanguinetti wrote in 2017, on the 40th anniversary of the 1977 insurrectionary movement in Italy, about which little is known … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomism, Gianfranco Sanguinetti, italy, revolution, Situationists
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Basic Banalities Concerning the January 31 Demonstration in Turin
From the CrimethInc. collective (07/02/2026) Reflections on Conflict Following a Night of Street Fighting in Italy On December 18, 2025, police evicted the historic Askatasuna social center in Turin, which had been squatted since 1996. After an initial demonstration called … Continue reading
A roundup of Italy’s ‘Scripta Scelera’ raids
From Freedom News (13/09/2023) … Solidarity spaces raided, presses stolen, and homes invaded – anarchists are feeling the full force of Meloni-era repression after police went after a radical newspaper using anti-mafia and anti-terror legislation. The below article, adapted from … Continue reading
Mario Tronti: “I am defeated”
For Mario Tronti, from Communists in situ; Italian original / Mar 3rd, 2015 Translated by Rees Nicolas Under the soles of his shoes, you can still recognise the dirt of history. “This is all that remains. A mix of straw and shit … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, autonomism, italy, Mario Tronti, marxism
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For Mario Tronti (1931-2023)
For Mario Tronti, who died this last August 7th, we share a short text by Diego Sztulwark and Mario Tronti’s Thesis on Benjamin. Today Mario Tronti passed away. His 92 years were many, but he will surely remain the author … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, autonomism, italy, Mario Tronti, marxism
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Alfredo Cospito: “I am ready to die”
From Organise Magazine (05/03/2023) … For a year, Alfredo Cospito has been isolated and tortured under the Italian state’s 41-bis prison regime, in violation of his human rights to a fair trial, private life and correspondence. In the face of this criminal denial of life, Cospito had … Continue reading
Genoa G8 remembered
From Freedom News (18/07/2026) and the CrimethInc. collective (20/07/2026) Genoa G8 remembered 25 years since I was almost killed in the Diaz School raid, I am returning to the city as the Mayor’s guest of honour Mark Covell, Freedom News, … Continue reading →