Lotta Continua was a far left political party in Italy, involved in the autonomism movement. Ultra-left|Radical left|Radicalism (historical|Hard left Far left and extreme left are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within a Political spectrum A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Autonomism refers to a set of Left-wing political and social movements and theories close to the socialist movement. It was founded in Autumn 1969 by a split in the student-worker movement of Turin, which had started militant activity at the University and at factories such as Fiat. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer The first issue of Lotta Continua 's eponymous newspaper was published in November 1969, a few weeks before the December 12, 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing, which is considered as the beginning of Italy's strategy of tension. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Piazza Fontana bombing (strage di Piazza Fontana identifies the massacre that was a result of a serious terrorist attack occurred on December 12 1969 when A strategy of tension (strategia della tensione is an alleged way used by world powers to divide manipulate and control Public opinion using Fear, Propaganda Lotta Continua focused on spreading radicalisation from students and youth to workers, and played a large role in setting up social centres. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Youth is the period from infancy or childhood to maturity Usage Around the world the terms "youth" " Adolescent " "teenager" and Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types Social Centers are Community spaces They are buildings which are used for a range of disparate activities which can be linked only by virtue of being Not-for-profit Its influence was mostly on recently-immigrated, young, unqualified workers in large factories, while the "traditional" working class kept its allegiance to the Italian Communist Party and the trade union movement. The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia)
The group's leadership included Adriano Sofri, Mauro Rostagno, Guido Viale, Giorgio Pietrostefani, Paolo Brogi and Marco Boato. Adriano Sofri ( Trieste, August 1, 1942) is an Italian Intellectual, a Journalist and a Writer. Other notable contributors included Gad Lerner and Alexander Langer. Gad Lerner (born December 7 1954, in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Italian Journalist and writer Alexander Langer (1946–1995 was a journalist translator teacher and politician Since, for Italian law, any newspaper needed that a professional journalist act as its "responsible editor", for some time Pier Paolo Pasolini "gave his name" in order to allow Lotta Continua's publication [1]. Pier Paolo Pasolini ( March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian Poet, Intellectual, Film director At first a loose grouping with a focus on spontaneous action, it was centralised between 1972 and 1974, with its paper becoming a daily. Revolutionary spontaneity (also known as spontaneism) is a tendency to believe that Social revolution can and should occur spontaneously from below As opportunities became more limited, it disbanded in 1976, after a national congress characterized by a severe ideological clash between male and female militants. The newspaper was published until 1982.
During the 1980s, most of Lotta Continua 's representatives abandoned their original ideology. Marco Boato and Mimmo Pinto went to the Radical Party, others worked on TV (RAI or Fininvest) or in various newspapers. Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana, known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian public service broadcaster, and is considered Fininvest is a financial Holding company controlled by Silvio Berlusconi's family Many joined the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), supporting in particular Bettino Craxi's positions. The Italian Socialist Party ( Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI was a democratic socialist / social democratic political party founded in Genoa Benedetto (Bettino Craxi ( February 24, 1934 – January 19, 2000) was an Italian politician head of the Italian Socialist Party Only a few of them, such as Marco Revelli or Fulvio Grimaldi, joined Rifondazione Comunista. The Communist Refoundation Party ( Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC is a communist Italian political party.
Adriano Sofri, Ovidio Bompressi, Giorgio Pietrostefani, former leaders of Lotta Continua, were accused of organizing and carrying out the murder of police officer Luigi Calabresi in 1972, and condemned to heavy prison sentences, after a legal proceeding which raised many controversies. Adriano Sofri ( Trieste, August 1, 1942) is an Italian Intellectual, a Journalist and a Writer.
Ovidio Bompressi is one of the rare political activists who has been pardoned (May 2006) by Italian President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano (Democrats of the Left, DS) because of health reasons. Giorgio Napolitano (born June 29 1925) is an Italian Politician and former lifetime senator, the eleventh and current President of the Italian The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition
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- ^ Pasolini in tribunale (Italian)
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- Is Pannella mad? Maybe. And the rest of us? Transnational Radical Party
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