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It was the Autumn of 1969, and Italy exploded. Across the north of the country, factory workers stormed out on strike, demanding better pay and working conditions. The slogan "We Want Everything" rang through the streets. Italy's "Hot Autumn" had begun.
In Nanni Balestrini's fictionalized account of the uprising, aâŠ
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Workers ignoring the authority of foremen, organizing disruptive checker-board strikesâonly those whose names started with a certain letter put down tools, but enough to bring work to a haltâforming alliances with rebellious students and battling the police in the streets: thatâs the story of Italy around 1968, the place of some of the most radical and imaginative protests in the post-war era.
What workers demanded was as simple as it was radical: we want everything. Nanni Balestriniâs novel by the same title memorializes these struggles. It achieves what few sober historical accounts can: vividly capturing the dull monotony of laborâŠ
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