The Years of Lead (Italian: Anni di piombo) were a period of political violence and social upheaval in Italy that lasted from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, marked by a wave of both far-left …

Mar 7, 2025 · During the 1970s, elected regional assemblies and governments, which had previously existed only in the five outlying regions given special powers at various times …

Feb 28, 2025 · Italy - Economic Stagnation, Labour Militancy, 1960s-70s: After 1963, when the Socialist Party entered government, an increasing number of political appointments were …

Mar 1, 2021 · From movies to events, here’s life in Italy in the 1970s and 1980s. The 1970s in Italy are years of social and political commitment throughout the country. The decade opens …

Mar 12, 2008 · Many prominent politicians and trade union leaders in the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and its union, the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), were quick to …

Sep 22, 2017 · Italy in the 1970s had two traditional mass parties of the working class, the Communist Party and the Socialist Party, but to their left were several sizeable ultra-left …

Nov 16, 2006 · Antonio Negri recalls the political experience of various aspects of the mass struggles of the 1970s in Italy, including the Strategy of Tension.

Jan 1, 2010 · In Italy the armed struggle developed within a 'partial democracy', informed by the cold war and a number of closely interwoven domestic and international factors. A political …

Although the 1970s in Italy was marked by violence, it was also a time of great social and economic progress. Following the civil disturbances of the 1960s, Christian Democracy and its …

Sep 29, 2012 · Libcom.org's reading guide on the Italian social movements of the 1960s-70s, which saw massive strikes, protests, occupations, directly democratic assemblies and …