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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  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    5 days ago

    I liked it but was bummed the 2 episodes before the finale didn't have the main cast at the same time. Lower Decks could have gone onfor another 5 years easy

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      5 days ago

      I feel like they had to rush Tendi being off the ship. With how the last season ended, I kinda figured that story arc was originally gonna last longer so she and T'Lyn weren't competing for the same position in episodes.

    • buckykat [none/use name]
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      5 days ago

      At least we got a Mariner and a Boimler is this one.

      Lower Decks has so much more life in it, the only thing that would prevent unlimited Lower Decks in my mind is that our faves are quickly approaching being bridge crew themselves.

      Also this ten half hour episode season shit sucks and makes five seasons of LD barely more actual runtime than one season of TNG era Trek.

      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        5 days ago

        to be fair, animation has a much higher production cost than live-action actors mostly re-using the same sets and costuming week after week