Lorenzo Maria Pacini
Italy's diesel protests reveal class contradictions: productive petty bourgeoisie crushed by costs, metropolitan subproletariat exploding in rage.
Diesel fuel as an indicator of class struggle
Over the past three weeks, Italy has laid bare-all at once and unfiltered-its fundamental social reality. On one side are truck drivers, farmers, fishermen, steelworkers, and a mass of young people who cannot even put a name to their own anger.