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In the mid-1970s, a long wave of contentious radicalism swept through Italy. 'Proletarian youth', 'metropolitan Indians', 'the area of Autonomy': a shifting galaxy of groups and movements practised new forms of activism. Factories and universities were occupied; rent and utility payments were withheld; neo-Fascists and drug pushers were attacked on sight. The movements were at once creative and brutal, intransigent and playful. A particular target for mockery was the parliamentary Left, and above all the Italian Communist Party (PCI). An earlier wave of radical activism had culminated in the H

Protest movements --- Radicalism --- History --- Italy --- Politics and government --- Italy. --- Proletarian youth. --- Sidney Tarrow. --- activism. --- area of Autonomy. --- cycle of contention. --- metropolitan Indians. --- political exclusion. --- political movements. --- radicalism.