Forbidden to Forbid

Fifty years after 1968, a crucial year in Italian history that still today evokes a decade of political struggles and profound social transformations, the book 'Forbidden to Forbid, Counterculture in Italy 1968-1977', edited by Melania Gazzotti, traces that overwhelming period through one of its most exciting phenomena: counterculture. The book contains a rich selection of independent publications, mostly belonging to the Enzo Longo Collection and the Centro Studi Movimenti of Parma, which photograph crucial years of struggles and revolutions that marked profound social changes: books, manuals, fanzines, magazines, posters...