Claudio Venza has left us. And he died last October 27, after a long and troubled
illness, which he faced with courage and strength as long as he could. ---- hewas born on the island of Marettimo, Egadi islands-Sicily, in 1946; son of afamily of fishermen, his father was from Marettimese, his mother was fromFavignana; He moved with his family to Trieste at a very young age, where he grewup, studied, became interested in politics, until the "fatal" meeting with theold anarchist fighter Umberto Tommasini, and his subsequent adhesion to theanarchist group Germinal. From that moment on, all of his political activity tookplace under the banner of anarchy; with the group he will join the ItalianAnarchist Federation, will continue the publications of the Germinal, beginning,in the meantime, the teaching career culminating in the arrival in the universityand, in the mid-eighties become associate professor of Contemporary History andsubsequently holder of teaching of History of Contemporary Spain. He was thusable to dedicate the utmost attention to the libertarian Spain that everyanarchist has in his heart, follow numerous young people, write books, amongwhich we remember the fundamental "Anarchy and power in the Spanish civil war(1936-1939)" (Eleuthèra). A lover of oral history, he has carried out numerousresearches, but his best known work is certainly "Umberto Tommasini. Theanarchist blacksmith" (Odradek, 2010), a remake of "The anarchist of Trieste".We would not like to mention Claudio in these brief notes, with a simple list ofbooks and data. He was a companion of extreme generosity and great culture; hiscommitment to the anarchists beyond the Curtain led to forge relations with thatworld in hiding even before the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and was thebasis for the conference "East, laboratory of freedom" of 1990, which brought toTrieste a hundred comrades and comrades from all the countries of the formerSoviet bloc. A moment that we too lived in presence, with great emotion and hope.Together with his group, Germinal was interested in anti-militarism, solidarity,counter-information, publishing, always with great enthusiasm, even when healthconditions began to deteriorate. One of the most important adventures wasundoubtedly the purchase of the headquarters in via del Bosco 52 / a, which hasbecome a consolidated place of libertarian culture, self-management, mutualsupport and the construction of political paths independent of power.To Lali and Zoè, to the companions of the Germinal, the strongest hug from theeditorial staff of Libertarian Sicily.https://www.sicilialibertaria.it/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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