The "Red Mayor". Valenzi and the future of Naples

Ermanno Corsi; Giustino Fabrizio; Eleonora Puntillo

The "Red Mayor". Valenzi and the future of Naples

Authors

Ermanno Corsi

Giustino Fabrizio

Eleonora Puntillo

Keywords:

Naples, Mayor, Earthquake, Terrorism, Mafia, Unemployed people, Italsider, Municipality of Naples, Festival of “l’Unità”, Summer Festival in Naples, Left, Italian Communist Party, Culture, Job, Elections

Synopsis

Editore: UniorPress

Collana: Fuori Collana

Pagine: 145

Lingua: Italiano

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/urn:nbn:it:unina-25779

Abstract: Maurizio Valenzi, the first communist mayor in the history of Naples, ruled the city for 2.900 days, from 1975 to 1983. He never achieved the majority in the City council and among huge issues, from unemployment to earthquake, crime and terrorism. In the days of the world divided into two blocs before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Communist Party acquired so much popularity in Italy that it took the guide of the major cities, including Naples, already monarchic and “laurina” that just a few years before had been considered as the "moral capital of the political Right". These were years of active political participation and social commitment that deeply changed the face of the city and shaped its future, with very important urban planning choices and initiatives such as Summer in Naples and Open School, the result of cultural vision and strong attention for school and education, a glue able to pervading and keeping the whole city community cohesive. Three journalists, witnesses of that period, illustrate the events and protagonists from different points of view, reconstructing events, episodes and anecdotes about the "Red Mayor", who was defined by the former President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano "a man who has given, with his long commitment in the most difficult conditions, an example of the nobility of politics".

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Author Biographies

Ermanno Corsi

Ermanno Corsi (Carrara 1939) he was moving in Naples very young, graduate in Letters at Federico II University. Professional journalist, Correspondent and Columnist in many newspapers, weeklies and specialized journals. At Rai in Naples managing Editor, Anchorman and Moderator of Political Forums. National Councillor of the Press Federation, President (1989-2007) of the Journalism Order in Campania. Author of many historiography, narrative and southern culture books, he has received numerous awards. President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi awarded him, motu proprio, the Commenda to the merit of the Republic.

Giustino Fabrizio

Giustino Fabrizio (Naples 1953) graduate in Law at Federico II University. He began working as a journalist in 1972, professional in 1980. He worked for Rai, "Roma" and others newspapers. At "Repubblica" for over thirty years, he carried out the duties of Editor, Correspondent, Political Affairs Editor, Central Office Editor, Editor-in-Chief of Palermo and Naples Offices. He wrote the book " Ciriaco De Mita, il cattoilluminismo al potere " (1992) and political essays in specialized journals. He won many professional awards. Currently he is Head of the Department of Social Sciences and Media at the International University for Peace in Rome.

Eleonora Puntillo

Eleonora Puntillo (Naples 1938) graduate in Philosophy. She began working as a journalist in 1960 in the Neapolitan Office of "L'Unità", professional in 1966. From 1979 to 1989 she was Editor and Correspondent at "Paese Sera", from 1990 to 1992 she was Editor at "Roma". She worked at "Repubblica" and at many magazines. Author of press against illegal building and investigations on social and urban planning problems, she has been called in the Board of the National Urban Planning Institute of Campania and included in the "Italian urban planners" yearbook. Senigallia Journalism Award in 1986. Author of many books, she presently works at the "Corriere del Mezzogiorno".