*** Introduction: a few definitions and explanations

*** Autonomous self-organization

*** Anarchist intervention

*** Some Historical and Current Situations

*** Italy 1970’s

*** Spain 1976–1979

*** Comiso, Sicily 1982–3

*** Albania 1997

*** Bolivia 2000 — present

*** Kabyle region, Algeria 2001 — present

*** Argentina 2001 — ?

*** Basilicata, Italy, November 2003

*** Wildcat strikes in Italy, Winter 2003–4

*** A few significant features

*** The Situation in the US

*** The absence of a social movement

*** Two examples of the problem

*** Conclusion