HEAD ICE
23rd November 2010, 01:03
There has been this YouTube video of Amadeo Bordiga that I have been waiting ages to be translated into english. Tired of waiting, I decided to do it myself. Note that I translated this through Google translator so blame any mistranslation on that. If you can translate what is being said better please let me know.
The video starts off in mid sentence, and I had to guess what he was talking about there, sorry for that as well.
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Transcription (I only translated the parts when Bordiga was talking, "L'INNOMINABILE" means "The Unmentionable", I don't know what that refers to):
"Fascism's strength with the proletariat was during the famous October 28 March on Rome, which was more of a comedy than anything else between the bourgeois forces, as I have said on other occasions.
But it was the strike movement in August of '22 which would be the last chance for a big shock when we could have beat the fascist squads.
In this regard, remember, in relation to what we have known about the Arditi del Popolo are that we, the Communist Party and the Communist left, Italian and international, have argued in rejecting the united front which is an alliance amongst many political parties and instead supported another tactic, the trade union front.
This is not because you wanted to take up defense of the rotten Italian state, cause if you had destroyed it you would have done a good thing.
This movement was not a joke, it was a very serious thing if you can remember some incidents reported in some cities'.
Ancona, for example, was eradicated only by sending several regiments of military in perfect war formation who occupied the city.
In Bari they even sent a division of Navy destroyers that dropped anchors in the waters of the bay each facing Bari.
Another clash happened in Parma where they were very strong."
The video starts off in mid sentence, and I had to guess what he was talking about there, sorry for that as well.
jOvwH9m-MCI
Transcription (I only translated the parts when Bordiga was talking, "L'INNOMINABILE" means "The Unmentionable", I don't know what that refers to):
"Fascism's strength with the proletariat was during the famous October 28 March on Rome, which was more of a comedy than anything else between the bourgeois forces, as I have said on other occasions.
But it was the strike movement in August of '22 which would be the last chance for a big shock when we could have beat the fascist squads.
In this regard, remember, in relation to what we have known about the Arditi del Popolo are that we, the Communist Party and the Communist left, Italian and international, have argued in rejecting the united front which is an alliance amongst many political parties and instead supported another tactic, the trade union front.
This is not because you wanted to take up defense of the rotten Italian state, cause if you had destroyed it you would have done a good thing.
This movement was not a joke, it was a very serious thing if you can remember some incidents reported in some cities'.
Ancona, for example, was eradicated only by sending several regiments of military in perfect war formation who occupied the city.
In Bari they even sent a division of Navy destroyers that dropped anchors in the waters of the bay each facing Bari.
Another clash happened in Parma where they were very strong."