Adriano Sofri

Adriano Sofri (born August 1, 1942, Trieste) is an Italian former far-left politician,^[1]^[2] a journalist and a writer. He was convicted for ordering the assassination of Milan Police officer Luigi Calabresi in 1972.^[2] This was one of the most important murders during the historical period of social turmoil and political violence in Italy known as the "Years of Lead". Spanning from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, they were marked by a wave of both far-left and far-right incidents of political terrorism.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Sofri was the leader of the far-left militant organization called Lotta Continua ("Continuous Struggle"),^[3]^[4] together with Giorgio Pietrostefani. Sofri spent his sentence between 1997 and 2012. In the meantime, he wrote for various Italian national newspapers, such as Il Foglio, La Repubblica, and Panorama. He is a daily columnist for Il Foglio still nowadays.

^ "French court denies extradition of 10 Italian ex-terrorists". ANSA Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata ("National Associated Press Agency"). June 30, 2022. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. They also include Giorgio Pietrostefani, who has been convicted in Italy for conspiracy in helping order the 1972 murder of Milan police commissioner Luigi Calabresi. ... Pietrostefani was a leading member of the hard-left group Lotta Continua, whose leader Adriano Sofri served much of a 22 year sentence for ordering the murder of Calabresi.
^ ^a ^b "Dispute in Italy Is Conjuring Up Its Terrorist Past". The New York Times. September 26, 1997. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. On May 17, 1972, Luigi Calabresi, the police commissioner of Milan, was shot dead on his way to work. ... Just this year ... Adriano Sofri began serving a 22-year sentence in Pisa's central jail after Italy's highest court upheld his conviction for ordering the Calabresi assassination.
^ "France Arrests Leftist Militants Convicted of Terrorism Long Sought by Italy". The New York Times. April 28, 2021. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021.
^ Alimi; Demetriou; Bosi (2015). "Chapter 3 - The Italian Extra-Parliamentary Left Movement and Brigate Rosse (1969–1978)". The Dynamics of Radicalization: A Relational and Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190236601. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Left-wing militant organizations, such as Lotta Continua, Potere Operaio, ...

[1] "French court denies extradition of 10 Italian ex-terrorists". ANSA Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata ("National Associated Press Agency"). June 30, 2022. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. They also include Giorgio Pietrostefani, who has been convicted in Italy for conspiracy in helping order the 1972 murder of Milan police commissioner Luigi Calabresi. ... Pietrostefani was a leading member of the hard-left group Lotta Continua, whose leader Adriano Sofri served much of a 22 year sentence for ordering the murder of Calabresi.

[:1-2] "Dispute in Italy Is Conjuring Up Its Terrorist Past". The New York Times. September 26, 1997. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. On May 17, 1972, Luigi Calabresi, the police commissioner of Milan, was shot dead on his way to work. ... Just this year ... Adriano Sofri began serving a 22-year sentence in Pisa's central jail after Italy's highest court upheld his conviction for ordering the Calabresi assassination.

[3] "France Arrests Leftist Militants Convicted of Terrorism Long Sought by Italy". The New York Times. April 28, 2021. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021.

[4] Alimi; Demetriou; Bosi (2015). "Chapter 3 - The Italian Extra-Parliamentary Left Movement and Brigate Rosse (1969–1978)". The Dynamics of Radicalization: A Relational and Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190236601. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Left-wing militant organizations, such as Lotta Continua, Potere Operaio, ...

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