Gianfranco Faina was an

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. His early experiences were first in the communist party, following his departure from which he participated in many political groups such as the "workers-students league" where the separation between workers and intellectuals was eliminated. He had a pivotal role in the creation of Italian Operaism Movements. Faina taught History at the

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when the city was the center of the July 1960 uprising. He did political work with Classe Operaia (Working Class Party) for a time before doing political work with 'working class autonomy' and

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groups during the 1970s. In this part of his life, the Azione Rivoluzionaria group was created. He also supported the group "XXII Ottobre" acting in

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. On November the 9th, 1977, an arrest warrant was issued against Faina by the

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Judiciary for his alleged involvement with the left-wing group Azione Rivoluzionaria. After briefly absconding, Faina was subsequently apprehended and jailed in

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prison, where he later died of cancer on February 11, 1981.

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* Memoir published in Primo Maggio, no. 19/20, Winter 1983/84 by Rinaldo Manstretta and Pierpaolo Poggio 1981 deaths 20th-century Italian historians Academic staff of the University of Genoa Year of birth missing {{Italy-historian-stub