Giuseppe "Pino" Pinelli (1928 - 1969) was an Italian railroad worker and anarchist who fell to his death on this day in 1969 while being detained by Italian police. His death became the subject of the play "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" by Dario Fo.
Pinelli was a member of the Milan-based anarchist association named "Ponte della Ghisolfa", and was also the secretary of the Italian branch of the Anarchist Black Cross. He organized young anarchists in the "Gioventu Libertaria" (Libertarian Youth) in 1962 and helped found the "Sacco and Vanzetti anarchist association" in 1965.
A few days before Pinelli's death, Italian fascists from the "Ordine Nuovo" orchestrated a bombing campaign in Milan; one bomb in Piazza Fontana killed 17 people and injured 88. The bombing was blamed on Italian anarchists, and Pinelli was detained along with many other leftists, including Pietro Valpreda, who was falsely convicted and served eighteen years in prison.
Just before midnight on December 15th, 1969, Pinelli fell to his death from a fourth floor window of the Milan police station. Three police officers interrogating Pinelli, including Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, were put under investigation in 1971 for his death, but legal proceedings concluded it was due to accidental causes.
Calabresi was later gunned down at his home in 1972, for which left-wing journalist Adriano Sofri was convicted in 1997.
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Was reading Domineco Losurdo's Western Marxism over a pint at the pub last night and heard the question I dread when I'm reading a text like this in public.
"What are you reading?" the server asked as he was bringing me the bill. I took a breath and explained yes bud actually I am some sort of weirdo actually (I actually just explained the premise of the book) and he was like "oh interesting! I studied philosophy in university with a minor in political science, who wrote it?" and ended up asking if he could take a snap of the cover before peacing haha
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Dems should’ve tripled down on calling republicans weird lol
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Got a post office snapback at the thrift store lol
Do you think if I wore it and just went into the post office and started sorting shit for them and asked for a paycheck they'd hire me?
Also tempted to turn the bill up like a hardcore bro and write like, "GOIN' POSTAL" on the underside of the visor in a paint pen or something lmao
Last year I went to Taiwan to visit my wife’s family and this year I’m going to the US to visit my relatives. It’s always nostalgic to walk off the plane and see Upstate New York being as scuffed as ever.
Crazy to think Jimmy Carter could have met with Joseph Stalin and most of Soviets leaders. Living to 100 years old must be very weird.
Once again, bought my groceries based around some of my coupons. Then forgot the coupons in my pocket.
You are a prisoner in a room with 2 doors and 2 guards. One of the doors will guide you to freedom and behind the other is a hangman–you don't know which is which, but the guards do know.
One of the guards always tells the truth and the other always lies. You don't know which one is the truth-teller or the liar either. However both guards know each other.
One guard says to the other, “that shirt looks great on you.” The other replies “shut up, Greg.”
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