Lavoro Politico (Italian: Political Work) was a Marxist–Leninist magazine published in Verona, Italy, in the period 1967–1969.[1] It was one of the radical publications launched during the student movements in the late 1960s.
| Editor | Walter Peruzzi |
|---|---|
| Categories | Political magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Centro di informazione |
| Founded | 1967 |
| First issue | October 1967 |
| Final issue Number | January 1969 11-12 |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Verona |
| Language | Italian |
History and profile edit
The first issue of Lavoro Politico appeared in October 1967.[1] It was published by Centro di informazione on a monthly basis.[2] Its editor was Walter Peruzzi.[3] Mara Cagol and Renato Curcio were among the contributors.[4]
Lavoro Politico supported class war as suggested by Karl Marx, Lenin and Mao and became a very prestigious theoretical publication among the radical students in Italy.[3] It particularly praised the Red Guards movement in China.[3] Lavoro Politico was one of the ardent critics of the workerism advocated by other Italian communist publications such as Classe Operaia.[5] The magazine folded in 1969 after publishing the issue numbered 11–12.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Scheda storica di presentazione" (in Italian). Lavoro Politico. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Lista dei periodici. L" (in Italian). Fondazione Gramsci Emilia-Romagna. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ a b c Richard Drake (2021). The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-253-05714-3.
- ^ Jan Kurz; Marica Tolomelli (2008). "Italy". In Martin Klimke; Joachim Scharloth (eds.). 1968 in Europe. A History of Protest and Activism, 1956–1977. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 91. doi:10.1057/9780230611900_8. ISBN 978-0-230-60620-3.
- ^ Steve Wright (2021). The Weight of the Printed Word: Text, Context and Militancy in Operaismo. Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill. p. 159. ISBN 978-90-04-47154-2.