The second reading group session will be about student, labour, and social movements of Italy in the 60s and the 70s.
Literature
The first one is the general background to set the stage for the other texts. Than 3 texts will follow about the specific movements within those years, namely the students, the workers, and other social movements. The last one is about ideological perspectives, an analysis of the changing character of the Marxist movements in those years.
- 1962-1973 – Worker and student struggles in Italy
- Student Movement
- Workers Movement
- Social movements of the 70s
- From operaismo to autonomist Marxism
Because there were a lot of groups and factions running around, this Appendix: http://libcom.org/
For those with spare time, we suggest the additional reading material:
- A reading guide by libcom – http://libcom.org/library/
italy-1960s-70s-reading-guide - The full book ‘States of emergency: cultures of revolt in italy 1968-1978’ from which we will be reading excerpts – http://libcom.org/history/
states-emergency-cultures- revolt-italy-1968-1978 - A pamphlet about the Bologna uprising and the movement of ’77 – http://libcom.org/library/
italy-1977-8-living- earthquake-red-notes - ‘Porto Marghera: the last firebrands’ about the struggle of factory workers and technicians in the petrochemical industry – http://libcom.org/history/
porto-marghera-%E2%80%93-last- firebrands - Italian feminism, workerism and autonomy in the 1970s: about the Italian feminist movement –http://libcom.org/history/
italian-feminism-workerism- autonomy-1970s-struggle- against-unpaid-reproductive- labour-vi - The working class struggle against the crisis: about the widespread practice of ‘self-reduction’ (something done in Greece today by the “We won’t pay” movement and by everyone who torrents :p) –http://libcom.org/library/
working-class-struggle- against-crisis-self-reduction- prices-italy-bruno-ramirez - Books for Burning: theoretical texts by Antonio Negri, one of the figureheads of part of the movement –http://libcom.org/library/
books-burning-between-civil- war-democracy-1970s-italy- antonio-negri - The unseen: a great (biographical) novel I really enjoyed about a young worker growing up in and during the social movements – http://libcom.org/library/
unseen-nanni-balestrini (The 2nd edition released in 2012 is for sale on bol.com)