An image of the riots in Reggio Calabria in 1970–71.
Date
5 July 1970 – 23 February 1971
Location
Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
Caused by
Decentralization and the choice of Catanzaro as the region capital
Goals
Recognition of Reggio Calabria as capoluogo (regional capital)
Methods
Strikes, street rioting and road and railway blockades
Resulted in
Repression of the riots
Establishment of the Regional Council of Calabria in Reggio
Regional development (a railroad stump, the steelwork center, and the port in Gioia Tauro)
Parties
Christian Democracy (Calabrian)
Italian Social Movement
National Vanguard
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Italian Anarchist Federation
CISNAL
Government of Italy
Christian Democracy (National)
Italian Communist Party
Italian Socialist Party
CGIL
Lead figures
Francesco Franco Alfredo Perna Giuseppe Avarna Fortunato Aloi
Emilio Colombo Fortunato Licandro Luigi Longo Luciano Lama
Casualties
Death(s)
According to official figures of the Italian Ministry of the Interior there were 3 dead; other sources mention 5 dead
Injuries
According to official figures of the Italian Ministry of the Interior there were 190 policemen and 37 civilians wounded; other sources mention hundreds of wounded
Arrested
Arrest and imprisonment of the revolt's leaders, like Francesco Franco
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Years of Lead (Italy)
1968
Battle of Valle Giulia
1968 movement
1969
Hot Autumn
Murder of Antonio Annaruma
Piazza Fontana bombing
Defenestration of Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
Reggio revolt
Golpe Borghese
1972
Murder of Luigi Calabresi
Peteano massacre
1972 bombings
1973
Primavalle fire
Milan police headquarters bombing
1974
Piazza della Loggia bombing
Italicus Express bombing
1975
Murder of Sergio Ramelli
Murder of Mikis Mantakas
1976
Murder of Vittorio Occorsio [it]
1978
Acca Larentia killings
Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
Killing of Fausto and Iaio
Murder of Antonio Esposito [it]
1980
Murder of Mario Amato
Bologna massacre
1981
Kidnapping of James L. Dozier
1982
Salerno shooting
Related
Terrorism in Italy
The Reggio revolt occurred in Reggio Calabria, Italy, from July 1970 to February 1971. The cause of the protests was a government decision to make Catanzaro, not Reggio, regional capital of Calabria.[1][2] The nomination of a regional capital was the result of a decentralization programme of the Italian government, under which 15 governmental regions were concretized and given their own administrative councils and a measure of local autonomy.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference paoli198 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Partridge, Italian politics today, p. 50
^No Saints in Paradise, Time Magazine, Oct. 26, 1970
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