In 1969, the " operaismo " approach was active mainly in two different groups : " Lotta Continua ", led by Adriano Sofri ( which had a very significant Roman Catholic cultural matrix ), and " Potere Operaio ", led by Antonio Negri, Franco Piperno, Oreste Scalzone, and Valerio Morucci.
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In 1969, together with Oreste Scalzone and Franco Piperno, Negri was one of the founders of the group Potere Operaio ( Workers'Power ) and the " Operaismo " ( workerist ) Communist movement . " Potere Operaio " disbanded in 1973 and gave rise to the Autonomia Operaia Organizzata ( Organised Workers'Autonomy ) movement.
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In March 1968, clashes occurred at La Sapienza university in Rome, during the " Battle of Valle Giulia . " Mario Capanna, associated with the New Left, was one of the figures of the student movement, along with the members of " Potere Operaio " and " Autonomia Operaia " such as ( Antonio Negri, Oreste Scalzone, Franco Piperno and of " Lotta Continua " such as Adriano Sofri.
