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We Want Everything - A Novel (Paperback)
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We Want Everything - A Novel (Paperback)
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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, a young worker
from Italy's impoverished south arrives at Fiat's Mirafiori factory
in Torino, where he barely scrapes by with fourteen hour days of
backbreaking work. His frustration is palpable, and soon he is
agitating again his bosses for fun and giving himself minor
injuries to win sick leave. Soon enough, he is swept up by a
snowballing worker movement that leads to months of continuous
strikes at Mirafiori. Eventually, the conflict bubbles out of the
factory. The growing pressure having produced an inevitable crack,
the streets are lined with barricades, and tear gas wafts into
private homes. Introduced by Rachel Kushner, author of the
critically acclaimed The Flamethrowers, We Want Everything is an
explosive account of a revolution that would clear the way for
another decade of radical unrest.
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