Alfredo M. Bonanno, an insurrectionary anarchist from Italy, has had a great impact on insurrectionary anarchism, writing essays such as "Armed Joy", "The Anarchist Tension" and others. He is an editor of Anarchismo Editions and many publications, only some of which have been translated into English. He has been involved in the anarchist movement for over thirty years. A rebellion is, in the most general sense, a refusal to accept authority. ... Anarchy (New Latin anarchia, from Greek ανα–, no + αρχη, rule) is a term that has several usages. ... Anarchism is a range of political views whose name is derived from the Latin word anarchia which was first employed in translating Aristotles Greek term αναρχία (the privative prefix αν an- without is combined with αρχία arkhê — meaning command or rule). Thus anarchism, in the most generally understood sense of the term... do i even know who you are??? // Headline text Bold textAn Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

On national liberation struggles, he said that anarchists:

"refuse to participate in national liberation fronts; they participate in class fronts which may or may not be involved in national liberation struggles. The struggle must spread to establish economic, political and social structures in the liberated territories, based on federalist and libertarian organisations." (Alfredo M. Bonanno, Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle (1977))

On February 2, 2003 Bonanno was sentenced to 6 years plus a 2000 Euros fine (first degree 3 years, 6 months) for "armed robbery" and other crimes. These charges were related to the "Marini Trial", a frame-up of Italian anarchists who were accused of belonging to a supposed "armed organization" which was a fiction created by the Italian state and its prosecutor Marini. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ...

Bonanno was one of hundreds of Italian anarchists arrested on the night of June 19, 1997, when Italian security forces carried out raids on anarchist centers and private homes all over Italy. The pretext for the raids was a bombing that took place at the Palazzo Marrino in Milan, Italy on April 25, 1997. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is about the Italian city of Milan. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some of Bonanno's published essays translated to English include:

• "Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle" (1976)
• "Critique of syndicalist methods; trade-unionism to anarcho-syndicalism][1] (1977)
• "Armed Joy"[2] (1977)
• "Workers Autonomy"[3]
• "Strange Victories-Midnight Notes]"[4] (1985)
• "From riot to insurrection; analysis for an anarchist perspective against post industrial capitalism" (1988)
• "The Anarchist Tension"[5] (1998)