Throughout the late 1960s to early 1970s Italy was a hotbed of student and worker radicalism. Over the course of years, millions of Italians rebelled, staging the largest strikes in Italian history, occupying their workplaces and universities, and fighting in the streets for a better world. Through it all, countless debates, strategies and theories were born as a new generation of left-wing radicals attempted to break free from both conservative society and the Stalinised communist party.

 
What lessons does this exciting period hold for socialists, and what can it show us about the potential for revolution in the West today?