Giuseppe Pinelli

Giuseppe Pinelli was an Italian anarchist who died under suspicious circumstances in 1969, during the tumultuous "Years of Lead" in Italy. This period, from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, was marked by widespread political violence, including bombings, assassinations, and sabotage, carried out by both far-left and far-right extremist groups. Pinelli's death occurred during police interrogation following the Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan, an event widely considered the start of the Years of Lead. While authorities claimed he fell from a window, many believe he was murdered. Anarchists like Errico Malatesta, active earlier, advocated for "propaganda of the deed," spreading revolutionary ideas through armed insurrection.12