The Magneti Marelli Workers Committee : The "Red Guard" Tells Its Story (Milan, 1975-78)

Emilio Mentasti

ISBN 10: 1570273634 / ISBN 13: 9781570273636

Verlag: Minor Compositions Jun 2021, 2021

Beschreibung

Neuware - In a large factory in Milan in the mid-70s, a few dozen workers organized themselves against both the management and the unions in an autonomous Workers' Political Committee. Soon, this Red Guard consisted of hundreds of workers fighting against layoffs and relocation. The Committee did not stay shut up within the walls of the factory. It participated in numerous other struggles, such as strikes and demonstrations, which were raging across the whole of Italy. Crucially, it took part in attempts to unify the movement of workers' committees on a regional level. And it also participated in the radical struggle against inflation, where workers refused to pay ever increasing prices. This movement of autoreduction famously inspired Dario Fo's play Can't Pay Won't Pay!

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Magneti Marelli Workers Committee : The "Red Guard" Tells Its Story (Milan, 1975-78)
• Verlag: Minor Compositions Jun 2021
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1570273634
• ISBN-13: 9781570273636
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 226B x 152 H x 18 T Millimeter Breite: 226 mm, Höhe: 152 mm, Tiefe: 18 mm
• Gewicht: 295 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

In a large factory in Milan in the mid-70s, a few dozen workers organised themselves against both the management and the unions in an autonomous Workers'' Political Committee. Soon, this ''Red Guard'' consisted of hundreds of workers fighting against layoffs and relocation. The Committee did not stay shut up within the walls of the factory. It participated in numerous other struggles, such as strikes and demonstrations, which were raging across the whole of Italy. Crucially, it took part in attempts to unify the movement of workers'' committees on a regional level.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Emilio Mentasti is a historian who has published several books on the history and organization of the autonomous workers movement in Italy.