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Reggio Riots
The Reggio revolt occurred in Reggio Calabria, Italy, from July 1970 to February 1971. The cause of the protests was a government decision to make Catanzaro, not Reggio, regional capital of Calabria.Partridge, ''Italian politics today''p. 50/ref> The nomination of a regional capital was the result of a decentralization programme of the Italian government, under which 15 governmental regions were concretized and given their own administrative councils and a measure of local autonomy. Time Magazine, Oct. 26, 1970 Background Protest in Reggio Calabria exploded in July 1970 when the much smaller town of Catanzaro (with a population of 82,000 against 160,000 in Reggio) was chosen as the regional capital of Calabria. The people of Reggio blamed their rivals' success to "the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of Lead (Italy)
, partof = the Cold War , image = Stragedibologna-2.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = Aftermath of the bombing at the Bologna railway station in August 1980 which killed 85 people, the deadliest event during the Years of Lead , date = Late 1968 – mid 1988 ()Resurgence from 1999 to 2005 () , place = Italy (mainly Northern Italy) , result = Far-left and far-right terrorist groups dismantled , combatant1 = Supported by: , combatant2 = Supported by: , combatant3 = Supported by: , commander1 = , commander2 = , commander3 = , units1 = Armed Forces: +90,000 soldiers (1973) Gladio: 622 members , units2 = BR: Several hundred active members PL: 1,072 members and collaborators O22: 25 members PAC: 60 militants AO: 200 membersGun Cuninghame, Patrick. "Autonomia In The Seventies: The Refusal Of Work, The Party And Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian General Confederation Of Labour
The Italian General Confederation of Labour (; CGIL) is a national trade union based in Italy. It was formed by agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. In 1950, socialists and Christian democrats split forming UIL and CISL, and since then the CGIL has been influenced by the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and until recent years by its political heirs: the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the Democrats of the Left (DS) and currently the Democratic Party (PD). It has been the most important Italian trade union since its creation. It has a membership of over 5.5 million. Along with the decline of membership within its political counterpart, the Democratic Party (PD), its membership is in steep decline since 2013, with the percentage of pensioners in constant rise. On 1 July 2015, the number of working adults reached a ceiling at 2.185.099. The CGIL is currently the second-largest trade union in Europe, after the Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autostrada Del Sole
The Autostrade (; singular ) are roads forming the Italian national system of motorways. The total length of the system is about . In North and Central Italy, the Autostrade mainly consists of tollways managed by Autostrade per l'Italia, a holding company controlled by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. Other operators include ASTM, ATP, and Autostrade Lombarde in the north-west; Autostrada del Brennero, A4 Holding, Concessioni Autostradali Venete, and Autovie Venete in the north-east; Strada dei Parchi, SALT, SAT, and Autocisa in the center; and CAS in the south. History Italy became the first country to inaugurate motorways reserved for motor vehicles with the A8. The Milan-Laghi motorway (connecting Milan to Varese) was devised by Piero Puricelli, a civil engineer and entrepreneur. He received the first authorization to build a public-utility fast road in 1921, and completed the construction (one lane each direction) between 1924 and 1926. By the end of the 1930s, over 400 k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carabinieri
The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign policing duties. It is one of Italy's main law enforcement agencies, alongside the Polizia di Stato and the Guardia di Finanza. As with the Guardia di Finanza but in contrast to the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri are a military force. As the fourth branch of the Italian Armed Forces, they come under the authority of the Ministry of Defence; for activities related to inland public order and security, they functionally depend on the Ministry of the Interior. In practice, there is a significant overlap between the jurisdiction of the Polizia di Stato and Carabinieri, although both of them are contactable through 112, the European Union's Single Emergency number. Unlike the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri have responsibility for policing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Mancini
Giacomo Mancini (21 April 1916 – 8 April 2002) was an Italian politician and lawyer. He was the grandfather of the namesake politician Giacomo Mancini Jr. Biography He was son of Pietro Mancini, one of the founders of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). In 1944 he became part of the anti-fascist clandestine military organization in Rome. After the liberation, he returned to Cosenza and became secretary, until 1947, of the local socialist federation and member of the national party leadership until 1948. He served as municipal councilor of Cosenza from 1946 to 1952, while he entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1948, with 26,000 votes of preference, elected on the lists of the Popular Democratic Front: he remained there for ten legislatures, until 1992. In January 1953 he was elected regional secretary of the PSI. In 1956, in the aftermath of the Soviet repression of the Hungarian revolution, the political ways of the PSI and the PCI separated and Mancini was called by Pietro N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Lama
Luciano Lama (14 October 1921 – 31 May 1996) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1970 to 1986. Biography Role in the resistance Lama graduated in Political Sciences at the University of Florence under the name of Boris Alberti, since he had to remain anonymous because he refused to join the Republic of Salò. When he was very young, Lama joined the Italian Socialist Party and took part in the resistance movement, contributing to free the city of Forlì from the Nazis. Deputy and secretary of the CGIL In 1946, Lama joined the Italian Communist Party, with which he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1958, in 1963 and in 1968. He left his seat when he joined the Italian General Confederation of Labour, being elected Secretary-general of the trade union in 1970. On 17 February 1977, Lama was violently contested at the University of Rome by a group of young people, who adhered to extra-parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Longo
Luigi Longo (15 March 1900 – 16 October 1980), also known as Gallo, was an Italian communist politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1964 to 1972. He was also the first foreigner to be awarded an Order of Lenin. Early life Luigi Longo was born in Fubine, in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont. As a student at the Politecnico di Torino, he became active in the youth wing of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), and engaged in political propaganda from a Marxist perspective. He was a regular visitor to the offices of ''L'Ordine Nuovo'', the newspaper founded by Antonio Gramsci, and became acquainted with Gramsci and Palmiro Togliatti. In 1921, at the Livorno Congress of the PSI, he was one of the instigators of the split in the party, when supporters of Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik line left to form the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He became a leading figure in the new PCI along with Togliatti, Gramsci and others. Longo was a fervent anti-fascist, and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortunato Licandro
Fortunato, the Italian form of the Latin Fortunatus, may refer to: * Saint Fortunatus (other), ''San Fortunato'' * ''Fortunato'' (yacht), a 205-foot megayacht built by Feadship in 2000 * ''Fortunato'' (film), 1942 Spanish film People Surname * Andrea Fortunato (1971–1995), Italian footballer * Bartolomé Fortunato (born 1974), American major league baseball pitcher * Flavia Fortunato (born 1964), Italian pop singer, actress and television presenter * Jacopo Fortunato (born 1990), Italian footballer * Joe Fortunato (American football) (born 1930), former American football linebacker in the National Football League * Joe Fortunato (coach) (1918–2004), American college sports coach and college athletics administrator * René Fortunato (born 1958), Dominican director, screenwriter and producer * Stefano Fortunato (born 1990), Italian footballer Given name * Fortunato of Brescia (1701–1754), Italian anatomist * Fortunato Arriola (1827–1872), Mexican landscape and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Colombo
Emilio Colombo (11 April 1920 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian politician, member of the Christian Democracy, who served as Prime Minister of Italy from August 1970 to February 1972. During his long political career, Colombo held many offices in several governments. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1955 to 1958; Minister of Foreign Trade from 1958 to 1959; Minister of Grace and Justice from 1970 to 1972; Minister of Treasury from 1963 to 1970, in 1962 and from 1974 to 1976; Minister of Budget in 1968 and from 1987 to 1988; Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1989; Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1980 to 1993 and from 1992 to 1993. Colombo, a fervent Europeanist, served also as President of the European Parliament from 1977 to 1979. In 2003, he was appointed Senator for life, a seat which he held until his death. Early life and education Colombo was born in Potenza, Basilicata on 11 April 1920. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortunato Aloi
Fortunato, the Italian form of the Latin Fortunatus, may refer to: * Saint Fortunatus (other), ''San Fortunato'' * ''Fortunato'' (yacht), a 205-foot megayacht built by Feadship in 2000 * ''Fortunato'' (film), 1942 Spanish film People Surname * Andrea Fortunato (1971–1995), Italian footballer * Bartolomé Fortunato (born 1974), American major league baseball pitcher * Flavia Fortunato (born 1964), Italian pop singer, actress and television presenter * Jacopo Fortunato (born 1990), Italian footballer * Joe Fortunato (American football) (born 1930), former American football linebacker in the National Football League * Joe Fortunato (coach) (1918–2004), American college sports coach and college athletics administrator * René Fortunato (born 1958), Dominican director, screenwriter and producer * Stefano Fortunato (born 1990), Italian footballer Given name * Fortunato of Brescia (1701–1754), Italian anatomist * Fortunato Arriola (1827–1872), Mexican landscape and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
