Gabriele Adinolfi
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Gabriele Adinolfi is an Italian far right
ideologue and essayist. He was one of the prominent characters of the 1970s extraparliamentary far right.
scene, in particular he was active in the Filippo Anfuso section in via Livorno (next to Piazza Bologna).
From 1970 he began joining several far right extraparliamentary movements: the Fronte Studentesco, then Avanguardia Nazionale, Lotta di Popolo and, in the end, Alternativa Studentesca. Together with Giuseppe Dimitri and Roberto Fiore
, in 1976, he is one of the founders of Lotta Studentesca in the bookshop of Walter Spedicato. In 1977 Lotta Studentesca becomes Terza Posizione
, which eventually become one of the most important extraparliamentary far right movements.
(and the discovery of explosives being smuggled by members of Terza Posizione in Rome during a casual control) an arrest warrant
was issued the August 28, 1980 for Adinolfi, Fiore and other 26 far right exponents. Interrogations took place in Ferrara
, Rome
, Padua
and Parma
. On September 23, 1980 Terza Posizione is declared illegal, and another arrest warrant is declared, for the crime of subversive association.
As Adinolfi was found guilty of associative and ideologous crimes, he fled the country, and finally settled in France
. He do however continue to travel back and forth from Italy, to follow the evolution of the far right scene.
In 1982 in Paris
, Adinolfi collaborated in the realization of three numbers of the journals Terza Posizione and Dixie, the latter focusing on finance and power. In the same year, Adinolfi and Spedicato gave life to the Centro Studi Orientamenti e Ricerca ("Scholarship Center for Orientation and Research") in which they elaborate five political documents and ten years of trimonthly bulletins. Orientamenti e Ricerca stopped its publications in 1995 with the death of Spedicato.
He currently coordinate the journal Orion, and the far right news website NoReporter. He also backed initiatives like the Guardia d'Onore Mussolini ("Mussolini
Guard Of Honour", a voluntary organization that guards the Mussolini grave in Predappio) and the recent explosion of far right squat
s, of which the most famous is Casa Pound. He currently leads the Centro Studi Polaris ("Polaris Scholarship Center"), a think-tank of far-right politics.
He is author of several books, among them Noi Terza Posizione ("We, Third Position") with Roberto Fiore, on the Terza Posizione movement, and Quel domani che ci appartenne ("That Tomorrow that Belonged to Us").
Far right
Far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. Far-right politics may involve anti-immigration and anti-integration stances towards groups that are...
ideologue and essayist. He was one of the prominent characters of the 1970s extraparliamentary far right.
Early political career and Terza Posizione
Adinolfi started his political activity in the years of student protests. In 1968 he was involved in the Roman Italian Social MovementItalian Social Movement
The Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s...
scene, in particular he was active in the Filippo Anfuso section in via Livorno (next to Piazza Bologna).
From 1970 he began joining several far right extraparliamentary movements: the Fronte Studentesco, then Avanguardia Nazionale, Lotta di Popolo and, in the end, Alternativa Studentesca. Together with Giuseppe Dimitri and Roberto Fiore
Roberto Fiore
Roberto Fiore is an Italian nationalist politician and a founding member of the European third position movement which is against both communism and capitalism...
, in 1976, he is one of the founders of Lotta Studentesca in the bookshop of Walter Spedicato. In 1977 Lotta Studentesca becomes Terza Posizione
Terza Posizione
The Terza Posizione was a far right group founded in Rome in 1978 . The TP rejected both capitalism and socialism, looking instead to found a political and economic Third Position, with its main influence being Julius Evola...
, which eventually become one of the most important extraparliamentary far right movements.
Takedown of Terza Posizione and exile
In the investigations following the Bologna MassacreBologna massacre
The Bologna massacre was a terrorist bombing of the Central Station at Bologna, Italy, on the morning of Saturday, 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. The attack has been materially attributed to the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari...
(and the discovery of explosives being smuggled by members of Terza Posizione in Rome during a casual control) an arrest warrant
Arrest warrant
An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by and on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual.-Canada:Arrest warrants are issued by a judge or justice of the peace under the Criminal Code of Canada....
was issued the August 28, 1980 for Adinolfi, Fiore and other 26 far right exponents. Interrogations took place in Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
and Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
. On September 23, 1980 Terza Posizione is declared illegal, and another arrest warrant is declared, for the crime of subversive association.
As Adinolfi was found guilty of associative and ideologous crimes, he fled the country, and finally settled in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. He do however continue to travel back and forth from Italy, to follow the evolution of the far right scene.
In 1982 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Adinolfi collaborated in the realization of three numbers of the journals Terza Posizione and Dixie, the latter focusing on finance and power. In the same year, Adinolfi and Spedicato gave life to the Centro Studi Orientamenti e Ricerca ("Scholarship Center for Orientation and Research") in which they elaborate five political documents and ten years of trimonthly bulletins. Orientamenti e Ricerca stopped its publications in 1995 with the death of Spedicato.
Back in Italy
In 2000 Adinolfi could come back in Italy for prescription. He has since then been one of the most active and innovative ideologues and thinkers of the Italian far right scene. He proposes a socially oriented, anti-globalization, uncompromised far right policy. His political analysis is peculiar for the combination of uncompromised far right ideology and strive for objectivity (for example, he regularly stated that the far right should honour Ernesto Che Guevara, regardless of him being Communist, because of his human and political virtues).He currently coordinate the journal Orion, and the far right news website NoReporter. He also backed initiatives like the Guardia d'Onore Mussolini ("Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
Guard Of Honour", a voluntary organization that guards the Mussolini grave in Predappio) and the recent explosion of far right squat
Squatting
Squatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use....
s, of which the most famous is Casa Pound. He currently leads the Centro Studi Polaris ("Polaris Scholarship Center"), a think-tank of far-right politics.
He is author of several books, among them Noi Terza Posizione ("We, Third Position") with Roberto Fiore, on the Terza Posizione movement, and Quel domani che ci appartenne ("That Tomorrow that Belonged to Us").