Partito Anarchico Italiano Archives

Period 1976-1998, 2001
Total size   0.5 m.
ConsultationNot restricted

History

Founded after a split of the branches Modena and Nocera Inferiore from the Organizzazione Rivoluzionaria Anarchica (ORA) 1977; among the founding fathers were Roberto Monfredin, Enzo del Prete and Claudio Silingardi; the PAI recognized the achievements of the labour movement and had a policy of making overtures to the institutions; this implied distance from the ORA and the Movimento del '77; the PAI started to co-operate with the Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici 1986.

Content

Minutes of the board of, correspondence by the national secretariat of, and other documents on the Partito Anarchico Italiano, especially on the contacts with New-Left ('Il Manifesto', 'Democrazia Proletaria'), the anarchist movement in Italy, libertarian groups within the trade union movement and the anarchist movement in France and Spain 1976-1998.

Legend to the 48 photos (period 1976-1991) transferred to the audiovisual department of the IISH with a letter from Roberto Manfredini 08.03.2010.

Accrual 2011: Bulletins and other documents of the Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici (FdCA) 1976-1979; photocopies of typescripts 'L'U.S.i.: tra fatti e documenti. Il movimento anarchico e l'intervento nel mondo del lavoro' Modena 1978, 'Il Partito Anarchico Italiano: tra ricerca politica e organizzazione' Modena, 1988 and 'Dunque i pinguini volano. Storia e dinamica del movimento anarchico in Italia dal 1943 al 1977' by various authors Modena 1988; some other documents 1983-2001; with a letter from Roberto Manfredini to the IISH 30.12.2010.