FdCA Timeline
The history of the Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici throughout the years: its congresses, meetings and activities

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1979 1980 1981

 

 

Modena (Emilia-Romagna), 20 January: Strategic objectives in union work

 
ORA-Northern Italy convention.
 

Modena, 21 January: Extraordinary National Assembly of the Organizzazione Rivoluzionaria Anarchica (ORA)

ORA branch premises, Rua Muro, 61/d

 
Most members of the branches in Emilia and, later (1981), Campania leave the ORA. On the basis of a rigid conception of the driving role of the political organization, they immediately form the short-lived Partito Anarchico Italiano (Italian Anarchist Party), though fail to attract other ORA branches. The ORA is however forced into a period of reflection on the strategy of building a national anarchist communist organization.
 

Bari (Apulia), 25-26 April: 4th National Congress of the Organizzazione Rivoluzionaria Anarchica (ORA)

 
Re-launching the anarchist communist organizational project.
  • New strategy for building a national organization: a national network of anarchist communists
  • Branches and members in the regions of Apulia, Emilia and Lombardy
  • Election of Council of Delegates and commissions.
 

Florence, 8-9 May: 1st Congress of the Unione dei Comunisti Anarchici Toscani (UCAT - Union of Tuscan Anarchist Communists)

 
  • Unification of the Gruppo Comunista Anarchico di Firenze (Florence Anarchist Communist Group) and the Organizzazione Comunista Libertaria di Lucca (Lucca Libertarian Communist Organization).
  • Strong support for the building of a national anarchist communist organization based on well-rooted areas of intervention within the community.
  • Official press: "L'Informatore di Parte" (Biased Information) in Florence and "Formazione & Informazione" (Formation & Information) in Lucca.
 

Naples (Campania), 24-25 May: 1st South-Central Italy Anarchist Convention

 
Organized by the Neapolitan Gruppo Anarchico Louise Michel (Louise Michel Anarchist Group). The ORA (southern Italy area) participates.
 

Suzzara (Lombardy), 31 May: 1st Council of Delegates of the Organizzazione Rivoluzionaria Anarchica (ORA)

ORA branch premises, Via Curtatone e Montanara

 
  • Press and propaganda
  • A "Network of Anarchist Communists" as part of a strategy towards the creation of a political organization.
 

Florence, 12 July: Meeting between the UCAT and the ORA

 
Relations re-established. Evaluation of the ORA's proposal to create a national network of anarchist communists.
 

Florence, 12-13 July: 2nd Congress of the Unione dei Comunisti Anarchici Toscani (UCAT - Union of Tuscan Anarchist Communists)

 
 

Bologna, 2 August: Fascist massacre at Bologna Station

 

The ORA's press statement is issued by the Italian ANSA news agency. Mobilization by the local ORA branch.
 

San Marzano (Campania), 27 August: Gun attack on ORA member and CGIL union activist

 

Lorenzo Schiavone, a CGIL union activist and member of the anarchist communist ORA is shot 5 times in the legs by the local "camorra" because of his union activism among the unemployed and at the local labour exchange. The ORA issues a statement through the ANSA news agency.
 

Bari, 6 September: 2nd Council of Delegates of the ORA

ORA branch premises, Via Nicolai, 57

 
  • Political activities in branches
  • Press & propaganda
  • National relations
  • History of the anarchist movement
  • Debate on political strategy.
 

Cremona (Lombardy), 21 September: 4th Assembly of the Network of Anarchist Communists (Lower Lombardy Region)

 
ORA branches and other local groups attend. Debate on the situation in FIAT and the role of the anarchist movement.
 

Bari, 28 September: 1st Congress of the ORA Provincial Federation of Bari

 
Attended by members of the Bari, Altamura, Bisceglie and Molfetta branches. Debate on cooperativism, Law 285 and precarity, local relations.
 

Naples, 4 October: 2nd South-Central Italy Anarchist Convention

 
Organized by the Gruppo Anarchico Louise Michel. The ORA (southern Italy area) participates.
 

Modena, 5 October: Meeting between the PAI and the ORA

 
Relations re-established. Debate on respective national strategies debated and current political intervention.
 

Bari, 11-12 October: 1st Congress of the Bari Branch of the ORA

 
Reports from branch commissions. Press and propaganda. Social and political intervention in the city.
 

Suzzara, 1 November: 3rd Council of Delegates of the ORA

ORA branch premises, Via Curtatone e Montanara

 
  • Political activities in branches
  • Press & propaganda
  • National relations
 

Modena, 22 November: Meeting between the PAI and the ORA

 
Continuation of the bilateral debate on the role of the political organization.
 

Irpinia (Campania), 27 November: Large earthquake devastates dozens of villages and towns in the Campania and Lucania regions

 

Mobilization of the ORA branches in Southern Italy for the creation of anti-bureaucratic, grassroots aid networks for the benefit of victims of the earthquake.
 

Livorno (Tuscany), 6 December: Meeting between the Organizzazione Comunista Libertaria (OCL - Libertarian Communist Organization) of Livorno and the ORA

 
The political work of both organizations. Presentation of the ORA's proposal for a National Network of anarchist communists.
 

Florence, 7 December: 3rd Congress of the Unione dei Comunisti Anarchici Toscani (UCAT - Union of Tuscan Anarchist Communists)

 
 

Suzzara, 15 December: Meeting between the ORA and the Federazione Anarchica Bolognese (Bologna Anarchist Federation, member of the FAI)

 
The role of grassroots bodies in environmental and energy issues. The current state of both organizations.