Zero in condotta

Zero in condotta is an Italian publishing initiative and cultural association based in Milan. It describes itself as a project of "words, images and also sounds" that traces the historical memory of the anarchist and libertarian movement, a movement engaged first-hand in social struggles for the liberation of humanity from every economic and political slavery. Its catalogue is dedicated to anarchist history, theory and the social conflicts in which libertarian ideas have been tested, and it also aims to explore the future through the already existing potential of libertarian social hypotheses capable of opening deep fractures in an alienated and alienating way of life. The publisher's output is centred on books about anarchism, its protagonists and its episodes. Recent titles advertised on its website include "Il canto anarchico. Nell'Ottocento e nel Novecento" by Santo Catanuto and Franco Schirone (third edition, 416 pages, EUR 20.00), "Verso Saragozza – Cronaca della colonna Durruti 1936/1937" by Roberto Martínez Catalán (176 pages, EUR 15.00), and "Bakunin e Marx a confronto" by Carlos Taibo (192 pages, EUR 15.00). It also lists available titles such as Florian Eitel's "L'industria del tempo agli albori della globalizzazione" (Saint-Imier 1872, 240 pages, EUR 18.00), Andrea Papi's "Tutta colpa del patriarcato. De-Anarchia" (192 pages, EUR 15.00) and Davide Turcato's "Il laboratorio dell'anarchia". A reprint of Mauro De Agostini's "Abbattere le mura del cielo. Storie di anarchiche, anarchici e occupazioni (Milano 1975-1985)" is also announced at EUR 15. The website is organised around sections such as "Chi siamo" (who we are), "Contatti", "Appuntamenti" (appointments/events), "Libri esauriti" (out-of-print books), "Libri digitali" (digital books) and "A chi invia testi" (where to send texts), indicating that Zero in condotta operates both as a publisher and as a node for anarchist cultural activity, events and archival memory. Its editorial line is explicitly militant: it presents itself as part of the anarchist and libertarian movement's own memory and as a space for reflection on how to organise against exploitation, oppression and repression exercised by the State and its bodies in the name of profit and control. Zero in condotta is based in Milan, Italy, and is active in the Italian language market. It is not a conventional commercial trade publisher but a movement-linked publishing house and association, distributing its titles directly and through anarchist and radical bookshop networks. Its catalogue combines historical reprints, translated works and new studies, and it maintains a digital offering alongside printed books.

Zero in condotta is an anarchist publishing house and cultural association based in Milan, Italy. Public information about its founding date and founders is limited; it is documented as an association based in Milan and operates a website at zeroincondotta.org. Its editorial identity is built around the memory and ongoing practice of the anarchist and libertarian movement, and around the conviction that this memory is a living resource for present-day social struggles. The publisher presents itself as a project of "words, images and also sounds" that crosses the historical memory of the anarchist and libertarian movement, a movement engaged first-hand in social struggles for the liberation of humanity from every economic and political slavery. At the same time, it states that its paths intend to explore the future through the already existing potential of libertarian social hypotheses, capable of marking deep and lacerating fractures with an alienated and alienating way of life. These hypotheses are described as essentially answers to the question of how it is possible to organise against exploitation, oppression and repression that the State and its bodies exercise, here as elsewhere, in the name of profit and control. Its catalogue reflects this programme. Among the titles it advertises are "Il canto anarchico. Nell'Ottocento e nel Novecento" by Santo Catanuto and Franco Schirone, in its third edition (416 pages, EUR 20.00); "Verso Saragozza – Cronaca della colonna Durruti 1936/1937" by Roberto Martínez Catalán (176 pages, EUR 15.00); and "Bakunin e Marx a confronto" by Carlos Taibo (192 pages, EUR 15.00). It also announces a reprint of a small number of copies of Mauro De Agostini's "Abbattere le mura del cielo. Storie di anarchiche, anarchici e occupazioni (Milano 1975-1985)", a title that had gone out of print, at EUR 15. Available titles listed include Florian Eitel's "L'industria del tempo agli albori della globalizzazione" on Saint-Imier 1872 and the development of the anarchist movement (240 pages, EUR 18.00); Andrea Papi's "Tutta colpa del patriarcato. De-Anarchia" (192 pages, EUR 15.00); and Davide Turcato's "Il laboratorio dell'anarchia". The website's structure — with sections for "Chi siamo", "Contatti", "Appuntamenti", "Libri esauriti", "Libri digitali" and "A chi invia testi" — shows that Zero in condotta functions not only as a book publisher but also as a meeting point for events, a source of digital editions, and a channel through which authors can submit texts. Its editorial work is closely tied to the Italian anarchist milieu and to the wider international libertarian tradition, as indicated by the presence of translated authors such as Roberto Martínez Catalán and Carlos Taibo alongside Italian authors. The house thus combines historical documentation, theoretical debate and militant memory in a single publishing project.

Militant, movement-linked anarchist publishing house and cultural association; not a mainstream commercial publisher.

• Il canto anarchico. Nell'Ottocento e nel Novecento

  Third edition, by Santo Catanuto and Franco Schirone, 416 pages, EUR 20.00.

• Verso Saragozza – Cronaca della colonna Durruti 1936/1937

  By Roberto Martínez Catalán, 176 pages, EUR 15.00.

• Bakunin e Marx a confronto

  By Carlos Taibo, 192 pages, EUR 15.00.

• Abbattere le mura del cielo. Storie di anarchiche, anarchici e occupazioni (Milano 1975-1985)

  By Mauro De Agostini; reprint of a small number of copies, EUR 15.

• L'industria del tempo agli albori della globalizzazione

  By Florian Eitel, on Saint-Imier 1872 and the development of the anarchist movement, 240 pages, EUR 18.00.

• Tutta colpa del patriarcato. De-Anarchia

  By Andrea Papi, 192 pages, EUR 15.00.

• Il laboratorio dell'anarchia

  By Davide Turcato; listed among available titles.

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