{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English ","title":"#582 | Piazza Fontana & The Accidental Death of An Anarchist","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a1da504e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1530,"description":"A deadly bomb. A death in a police station. A secret kept from the public. \n\nIn 1969, an explosion in Milan killed 17 people. The police accused a group of anarchists, but the story was not that simple. \n\nIn part one of this three-part mini-series on \"Gli Anni Di Piombo\" (The Years of Lead), we look at how this tragedy started one of the darkest times in Italian history. \n\nItaly modernising fast, but divided and tense.\n12 December 1969: bomb at Milan’s Piazza Fontana.\nSeventeen dead, eighty-eight injured; shock across Italy.\nCoordinated Rome bombs; no claim; anarchists blamed.\nAnarchist Giuseppe Pinelli dies after police questioning; controversy.\nPietro Valpreda arrested; weak evidence; years before acquittal.\nEvidence pointed to far-right group Ordine Nuovo.\nSuspected cover-ups by police and secret services.\nStrategy of tension; suspected Gladio links; extent unclear.\nImpact: fear, ordinary victims, start of the Years of Lead.\n\n Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/piazza-fontana","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HIneD2bpN38ZyIYQqvz9OwtMc5c5ep366psJkVe0ZiU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MDEvMTYyMDk3/Mzg5MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}