La notte della Repubblica (The Night of the Republic) is a TV programme presented by Sergio Zavoli, broadcast by the Italian public TV channel Rai 2. The programme ran from 12 December 1989 (20th anniversary of Piazza Fontana bombing)"Vent'anni fa la strage di piazza Fontana. Così cominciò la «notte della Repubblica»", Stampa Sera, December 12, 1989 ."Così Zavoli da stasera ci racconta gli anni bui", Stampa Sera, December 12, 1989 . to 11 April 1990;"Finisce la Notte", La Stampa, April 11, 1990 . the first episode was broadcast on Tuesday, second on Monday, while other episodes were aired every Wednesday evening.
The programme told of Italy during the Years of Lead, with movies, interviews with some protagonists of the period and final discussion.
In 1992 the material broadcast on television was transcribed in the book La notte della Repubblica.
Episodes Date Number Theme Interviewees Guests December 12, 1989 1 Piazza Fontana bombing Corrado Stajano (journalist), Pietro Valpreda (anarchist) Salvo Andò (PSI parliamentary representative in 1989),Aldo Aniasi (Mayor of Milan from 1967 to 1976),Guido Calvi (criminal lawyer),Mario Capanna (leader of Movimento Studentesco in 1969),Pietro Calogero (Judge of Treviso in 1969),Giuseppe Gargani (DC parliamentary representative in 1989),Libero Gualtieri (PRI parliamentary representative in 1989),Franco Servello (MSI parliamentary representative in 1989),Luciano Violante (PCI parliamentary representative in 1989) December 18, 1989 2 1960s in Italy Stefano Delle Chiaie (founder of National Vanguard) Tina Anselmi (politician),Umberto Cappuzzo (former policeman and politician),Federico Umberto D'Amato (former Italian secret agent),Luciano Lama (syndicalist in the 1960s),Giacomo Mancini (politician),Pino Rauti (founder of Ordine Nuovo),Massimo Teodori (Italian author and politician) December 27, 1989 3 1968 movement in Italy and the Hot Autumn Mario Capanna (political leader during the protests), Giampiero Mughini (journalist) Giorgio Benvenuto (politician and syndicalist),Marco Boato (Lotta Continua militant in 1969–73),Margherita Boniver (PSI parliamentary representative in 1989),Guido Carli (banker, economist and politician),Bartolo Ciccardini (DC parliamentary representative in 1989),Carlo Donat-Cattin (politician),Giuseppe Glisenti (President of Finmeccanica in 1989),Claudio Petruccioli (journalist and politician),Giorgio Pisanò (MSI parliamentary representative in 1989) January 3, 1990 4 Birth of the Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse; BR) Alfredo Bonavita (member of BR) Sabino Acquaviva (sociologist),Piero Bassetti (politician),Gian Carlo Caselli (Judge of Turin),Lucio Colletti (philosopher),Giorgio Galli (political expert),Sergio Garavini (politician),Ugo Intini (journalist and politician),Giuseppe Leoni (manager of Sit-Siemens in 1970),Libero Mazza (Prefect of Milan from 1966 to 1974),Aldo Natoli (politician),Mario Segni (politician),Ersilio Tonini (Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia in 1990),Guido Viola (Judge of Milan in the 1970s) January 10, 1990 5 Armed propaganda some members of BRCorrado Alunni, Paola Besuschio, Franco Bonisoli, Alberto Franceschini, Mario Moretti, Patrizio Peci and Pierluigi Zuffada. January 17, 1990 6 Golpe Borghese andneo-fascist subversion Antonio Labruna (former Italian secret agent), Amos Spiazzi (Italian Army General) Salvo Andò (PSI parliamentary representative in 1990),Michele Coiro (Judge of Rome),Massimo De Carolis (member of DC in the 1970s),Franco Ferraresi (sociologist),Alfredo Pazzaglia (MSI parliamentary representative in 1990),Mariano Rumor (Italian Prime Minister in 1970),Luciano Violante (Judge of Turin in the 1970s),Claudio Vitalone (Judge of Rome in the 1970s) January 24, 1990 7 Attack against Judiciary Alberto Franceschini (member of BR),Mario Sossi (Judge kidnapped by BR) Paolo Barile (jurist and lawyer),Adolfo Beria di Argentine (jurist),Alfredo Biondi (politician and lawyer),Gian Carlo Caselli (Judge of Turin),Fulvio Cerofolini (politician and syndicalist),Fernanda Contri (lawyer),Giovanni Leone (President of Italy from 1971 to 1978),Francesco Meloni (Judge of Genoa),Claudio Vitalone (Judge of Rome in the 1970s) January 31, 1990 8 Piazza della Loggia andItalicus bombing Vincenzo Vinciguerra (neo-fascist activist) Pier Ferdinando Casini (DC parliamentary representative in 1990),Franco Castrezzati (syndicalist),Ottaviano Del Turco (syndicalist),Franco Ferraresi (sociologist),Libero Gualtieri (PRI parliamentary representative in 1990),Umberto Improta (Police officer),Ignazio La Russa (member of MSI in 1990),Rosario Minna (Judge of Milan in the 1970s),Pierluigi Onorato (politician),Aldo Tortorella (PCI parliamentary representative in 1990),Ambrogio Viviani (former Head of counterintelligence) February 7, 1990 9 1974–77 in Italy Enrico Fenzi (member of BR) Nicolò Amato (Judge of Rome in the 1970s),Luigi Covatta (politician),Mario Gozzini (politician),Sergio Lenci (architect),Stefano Rodotà (jurist and politician),Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (politician),Egidio Sterpa (PLI parliamentary representative in 1990),Raffaele Valensise (politician and lawyer) February 14, 1990 10 Movement of 1977 Antonio Negri (sociologist and political philosopher) Sabino Acquaviva (sociologist),Roberto Formigoni (founder of the Popular Movement),Tommaso Mancini (criminal lawyer),Aldo Natoli (politician),Luciano Lama (politician and syndicalist),Nicolò Lipari (politician),Franco Piro (politician),Alberto Ronchey (journalist),Nicola Tranfaglia (historian),Angelo Ventura (sociologist),Emilio Vesce (politician) February 21, 1990 11 Kidnapping of Aldo Moro – Part 1 Franco Bonisoli (member of BR) First part of discussion:Guido Bodrato (DC parliamentary representative in 1978),Mario Capanna (member of Proletarian Democracy in 1978),Ugo Intini (journalist and politician),Oscar Mammì (PRI parliamentary representative in 1978),Ugo Pecchioli (PCI parliamentary representative in 1978),Dante Schietroma (PSDI parliamentary representative in 1978),Valerio Zanone (PLI parliamentary representative in 1978)Second part of discussion:Giovanni De Matteo (Judge of Rome in 1978),Umberto Improta (Police officer),Luciano Infelisi (Judge of Rome in 1978),Roberto Martinelli (journalist),Antonio Padellaro (journalist),Severino Santiapichi (Judge of Aldo Moro trial),Ivo Sassi (General of Carabinieri) February 28, 1990 12 Kidnapping of Aldo Moro – Part 2 Mario Moretti (member of BR from 1970 to 1981) Gennaro Acquaviva (politician),Tina Anselmi (DC parliamentary representative in 1978),Manfredi Bosco (DC parliamentary representative in 1978),Gerardo Chiaromonte (PCI parliamentary representative in 1978),Giovanni Ferrara (PRI parliamentary representative in 1978),Franco Franchi (MSI parliamentary representative in 1978),Giovanni Galloni (DC parliamentary representative in 1978),Ferdinando Imposimato (Judge of Rome in 1978),Claudio Signorile (PSI parliamentary representative in 1978),Gianfranco Spadaccia (journalist and politician) March 7, 1990 13 Kidnapping of Aldo Moro – Part 3 Mario Ferrandi (member of Prima Linea (PL)),some members of BR,Corrado Alunni, Paola Besuschio, Alfredo Bonavita, Enrico Fenzi and Alberto Franceschini.interview with Benigno ZaccagniniNational secretary of Christian Democracy from 1975 to 1980, Zaccagnini was interviewed a few days before his death, in 1989. Piero Alberto Capotosti (jurist),Lucio Colletti (philosopher),Adolfo Gatti (criminal lawyer),Bianca Guidetti Serra (criminal lawyer),Antonio Marini (magistrate),Gianfranco Miglio (jurist and political scientist),Franco Russo (member of Proletarian Democracy in 1978),Severino Santiapichi (Judge of Aldo Moro trial),Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (DC parliamentary representative in 1978),Pietro Scoppola (historian, academic and politician),Lucio Villari (historian) March 14, 1990 14 Prima Linea some members of PLEnrico Baglioni, Maurizio Costa, Mario Ferrandi, Roberto Rosso, Silveria Russo, Sergio Segio and Claudia Zan. March 21, 1990 15 1979–81 in Italy Roberto Rosso (PL ideologue),some members of BR,Alfredo Bonavita, Enrico Fenzi, Alberto Franceschini and Patrizio Peci.Gianni Letta (journalist),Giuliano Zincone (journalist) Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei (journalist),Mario Cervi (journalist),Vittorio Emiliani (journalist),Miriam Mafai (journalist),Valentino Parlato (journalist),Emilio Rossi (journalist),Marco Taradash (journalist and politician),Livio Zanetti (journalist),Guglielmo Zucconi (journalist) March 28, 1990 16 Bologna massacre andTrain 904 bombing Valerio Fioravanti and Francesca Mambro (Italian neo-fascists and members of NAR) Tina Anselmi (DC parliamentary representative in 1990),Odoardo Ascari (lawyer),Guido Calvi (criminal lawyer),Pier Ferdinando Casini (DC parliamentary representative in 1990),Adriano Cerquetti (lawyer),Fabio Dean (criminal lawyer),Franco Ferraresi (sociologist),Giulio Maceratini (MSI parliamentary representative in 1990),Franco Piro (PSI parliamentary representative in 1990),Renato Zangheri (Mayor of Bologna from 1970 to 1983),Roberto Villetti (journalist and politician),Ambrogio Viviani (former Head of counterintelligence),Torquato Secci (activist and president of Associazione tra i familiari delle vittime della strage di Bologna del 2 agosto 1980 from 1981 to 1996) April 4, 1990 17 Decline and defeat of terrorism Patrizio Peci (first Pentito of BR),other members of BRAlfredo Bonavita and Alberto Franceschini. Sabino Acquaviva (sociologist),Adriano Bausola (philosopher and academic),Antonio Glauco Casanova (journalist and politician),Gabriele De Rosa (historian and politician),Franco Ferrarotti (sociologist),Piero Ottone (journalist),Giuseppe Tamburrano (historian and journalist),Giuseppe Tricoli (historian and politician),Antonello Trombadori (art critic, journalist and politician),Saverio Tutino (journalist) April 11, 1990 18 Epilogue: after terrorism Giulio Andreotti (Italian Prime Minister in 1990),Interview recorded on 23 November 1989.some terrorists,Members of Red Brigades: Paola Besuschio, Franco Bonisoli, Enrico Fenzi, Alberto Franceschini, Mario Moretti and Pierluigi Zuffada. Members of Prima Linea: Enrico Baglioni, Giulia Borelli, Maurizio Costa, Mario Ferrandi, Enrico Galmozzi, Roberto Rosso, Silveria Russo and Sergio Segio.Carlo Maria Martini (Archbishop of Milan in 1990) Giuliano Amato (PSI parliamentary representative in 1990),Nicolò Amato (Judge of Rome in the 1970s),Ernesto Balducci (Roman Catholic priest),Alfredo Biondi (PLI parliamentary representative in 1990),Marco Boato (Rainbow Greens parliamentary representative in 1990),Giovanni Ferrara (PRI parliamentary representative in 1990),Pino Rauti (national secretary of MSI in 1990),Rossana Rossanda (journalist),Gianfranco Spadaccia (PR parliamentary representative in 1990),Aldo Tortorella (PCI parliamentary representative in 1990),Claudio Vitalone (DC parliamentary representative in 1990)
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