Biennio Rosso

Ferrero, Pietro, 1892- 1922

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:13:52 +0000

Pietro Ferrero was born at Grugliasco in Turin on 12th May 1892.

Garino, Maurizio, 1892-1977

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:03:37 +0000

Maurizio Garino was born in November 1892, the son of Michele and Nicoletta Chiglioni in Ploaghe, Sardinia.

In 1895 the family moved to Turin and in 1900 to Cassine. After elementary school and a short stay in a religious school Maurizio became an apprentice carpenter and then a pattern-maker mechanic.

1918-1922: The Arditi del Popolo

Steven. — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:40:19 +0000

By the end of World War I, the working class in Italy were in a state of revolutionary ferment. Not yet ready for the conquest of power themselves, workers and peasants by 1918 had won a variety of concessions from the state: an improvement

1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations - Biennio Rosso

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:47:13 +0000

The reformist unions then negotiated an end to the conflicts, clearing the path for the fascist reaction - the Biennio Nero (two black years) of 1921-22.

Seize Power or Seize the Factory? - Amadeo Bordiga

csg — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:41:01 +0000

The working-class disturbances of the past few days in Liguria have seen yet another example of a phenomenon that for some time now has been repeated with some frequency, and that deserves to be examined as a symptom of a new level of consciousness among the working masses.

Towards the establishment of workers' councils in Italy - Amadeo Bordiga

csg — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:12:14 +0000

We have now collected quite a lot of material concerned with proposals and initiatives for establishing Soviets in Italy, and we reserve to ourselves the right to expound the elements of the argument step by step. At this stage we wish to make a few preliminary observations of a general nature, to which we have already referred in our most recent issues.