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Book ann: Rebellious Spirit: Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa Anti-Draft
Revolt of 1945
Kate Sharpley Library
http://labourhistory.net/news/i0805_3.php 

Out now, a collection of articles on the Ragusa anti-draft revolt of
1945:'Rebellious Spirit: Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa Anti-Draft
Revolt of 1945'. As well as the revolt and its aftermath (including an
extract from Occhipinti's story of being imprisoned afterwards) it
includes writings by and about some of its leading figures, Maria
Occhipinti and Franco Leggio.
Find out about a time when "Stop the War" meant "Start the Revolution".

Ragusa, Sicily, 1945. Mussolini's fascist regime had fallen apart, with
many of his backers turning 'democratic' and hoping to prevent a
revolution with the help of the allied armies and Communist Party. After
five years of war, their attempts to create a new Italian army are met
with evasion and resistance.
Maria Occhipinti began the Ragusa anti-draft revolt of January, 1945 by
laying down in front of an army truck carrying arrested draftees, who
then escaped. A four-day insurrection followed, with the rich
dispossessed, until the Italian army was able to retake the city.
Maria Occhipinti served nearly two years' prison for her part in the
revolt. Afterwards, she travelled endlessly, seeking her own freedom -
and a free world. Here we present texts on the 1945 revolt, anti-fascism
in Ragusa and the lives of both Maria Occhipinti and fellow Ragusan
anarchist rebel Franco Leggio.

'Rebellious Spirit : Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa Anti-Draft Revolt
of 1945', edited by Paul Sharkey and Anna Key

Contents:
1945, When The Sicilian People Declared "War On War" by Pippo Gurrieri
No To The Draft! : Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa revolt of January
1945 by Meno Occhipinti
Interview by Letizia Giarratana, Pippo Gurrieri, Meno OcchipintiThe
Benedictines by Maria Occhipinti [extract]
Interview With Franco Leggio, Sicilian Anarchist And One Of The
Ringleaders In The Ragusa Uprising Of January 1945 by Stefano Fabbri
The Ragusa Massacre In 1921
The Ancestry of Anarchist Antifascism in and around Ragusa
The Life of An Anarchist: Franco Leggio by Pippo Gurrieri

ISBN-13: 9781873605592
Anarchist sources #9
Three pounds (two pounds to subscribers) or three dollars from:

Kate Sharpley Library
BM Hurricane, London, WC1N 3XX, UK
PMB 820, 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704, USA
http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net 



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