Guido Rossa

Guido Rossa was an Italian worker and syndicalist who was born in Venice and lived most of his adult life in Torino.[1] His first job was as a parts mechanic for 14 years. He moved to Genova to work as a laborer as a worker with the labor union FIOM-CGIL.[2] As a member of the Communist Party of Italy, he was a trade unionist for the labor union CGIL of the branch in Genova-Cornigliano. He was accused of having denounced a colleague to the police.[3] He was killed by the Red Brigades[4][5] on 24 January 1979,[6][7] during the Years of Lead.[8]

Guido Rossa
Italian worker and syndicalist, (1934—1979)
NationalityItalian

References
  1. Feliziani, Giancarlo (2004). Colpirne uno per educarne cento: la storia di Guido Rossa (in Italian). Limina. ISBN 9788888551524. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. "Chi era Guido Rossa: la sua morte segnò la rottura tra Br e fabbriche". Archived from the original on 23 January 2019.
  3. della Porta, Donatella (2013). Clandestine Political Violence. Cambridge University Press. pp. 182, 275. ISBN 9780521195744. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. Orsini, Alessandro (2011). Anatomy of the Red Brigades: The Religious Mind-set of Modern Terrorists. Cornell University Press. pp. 55, 85. ISBN 9780801461392. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. Bosi, Lorenzo (2018). "8. Social-Revolutionary Violence in Western Europe. The case of the Red Brigades' trajectory during the 1970s and Early 1980s". In Herman, Peter C. (ed.). Terrorism and Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108699303. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. Giusti, Nazareno (2017). Guido Rossa. Un operaio contro le BR (in Italian). Round Robin Editrice. ISBN 9788898715756. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. Fasanella, Giovanni (2013). Guido Rossa, mio padre (in Italian). BUR. ISBN 9788858657676. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. Concetto Vecchio. "Sabina Rossa".


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