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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  • GrosMichel [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Small business owner tyrant at the place I used to work at is such an anti-worker shithead that he’s driving the workers to likely unionize because he’s merging two businesses into one bigger business and can’t be bothered to be clear about how many of them are going to keep their jobs, etc. The new place is bigger than both places combined so it’s likely all or almost all of them but he’s too uncarting and stupid to be clear on that so get fucked, dude. Hope they unionize.

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      22 hours ago

      While unionizing my workplace, I came across a Forbes article about how to avoid unionization at your business. What did it say, you ask?

      • Be transparent
      • Treat your employees with respect
      • Let them have a say
      • Pay them a decent wage

      Even FORBES FUCKING MAGAZINE tells employers that treating your employees with a single shred of dignity will be better for business, yet these parasites rarely even do that. I hope your old coworkers get what they deserve and that the owner gets bent