Talk:Battle of Valle Giulia

Valle Giulia is the equivalent, in Italian left-wing mythology, to the exchanges between the Free Speech Movement and the police at Sproul Hall, Berkeley, in 1964.

People will boast "I was there", and pontificate on its fundamental significance. In fact, it was a rather bloodless affair and, if heavy in symbolism, comparatively insignificant, in practical terms.

I know, because I was there (Giordaano)