The workers' movement in Italy reached new heights when a wave of factory occupations swept the industrial centres–only to be swiftly defeated by the political disorganisation of the revolutionary left. The legacy of this movement's defeat helped Gramsci develop his theory of revolution.
A man who embodies the political establishment has teamed up with a "progressive prosecutor" who intervened to protect banks from prosecution. While the US seems to disintegrate, the Democrats are fighting to return to pre-crisis neoliberalism.
