the problem is
One of the many operaisti who deserve to be better known is Mario Dalmaviva. A crucial ‘external’ militant at FIAT during the Hot Autumn, he brought talents previously honed in the advertising industry to bear within the Italian movement of the late sixties and seventies. And a fine cartoonist, whose ‘Doors’ have been making the rounds in Europe. Here’s some thoughts he offered when interviewed for the Futuro Anteriore project back on 19 February 2001:
‘‘In my opinion there was a great social revolution in Italy. It didn’t become a political revolution as we had wanted, and yet it happened, and it prompted a ferocious reaction from the other side [controparte] that’s continued up until today. They won, but not only don’t they know where they’re going, they don’t even know where they are. The problem is that we don’t know either.’
G. Borio, F. Pozzi & G. Roggero (2002) Futuro anteriore. Dai “Quaderni Rossi” ai movimenti globali: ricchezze e limiti dell’operaismo italiano. Rome: Derive Approdi.
