Peppino Impastato

Giuseppe Impastato, better known as Peppino (Cinisi, January 5, 1948 - Cinisi, May 9, 1978), was an Italian journalist, radio host and activist, member of Proletarian Democracy and known for his complaints against the activities of the Cosa Nostra, in following of which he was assassinated on May 9, 1978


https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppino_Impastato

Strage di Portella della Ginestra

The massacre of Portella della Ginestra was a massacre committed on 1 May 1947 in Portella della Ginestra, in the municipality of Piana degli Albanesi in the province of Palermo, by the criminal gang of Salvatore Giuliano who fired at the crowd of peasants gathered to celebrate the workers' day, causing eleven deaths and numerous injuries.

The reasons for the massacre, which in the following days was followed by assaults on left-wing parties and labor chambers in the area, lie not only in the declared aversion of the bandit towards the communists, but also in the will of the mafia powers and of the Sicilian independence. Although the principals have never been identified, the responsibilities of Sicilian political circles interested in intimidating the peasant population who claimed the land and had voted for the People's Bloc in the elections of 1947 are certain

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strage_di_Portella_della_Ginestra

Gaetano Badalamenti

Gaetano Badalamenti, nicknamed Seated Tano (Cinisi, September 14, 1923 - Ayer, April 29, 2004), was an Italian mafioso, linked to Cosa Nostra.

He was the head of the Cinisi mafia gang in the province of Palermo and headed the "Commission" from 1974 to 1978. In 1987 he was sentenced in the United States to 45 years of imprisonment in a federal prison for having been one of the leaders of the so-called "Pizza connection ", a drug trafficking worth $ 1.65 billion that, from 1975 to 1984, used pizzerias as a distribution point. Badalamenti was also sentenced to life in prison for having ordered the murder of Giuseppe Impastato, a proletarian democracy activist who through his radio program, Radio Aut, had denounced the illegal activities of the boss.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Badalamenti

Radio Aut

Radio Aut was a free radio founded in 1977 by Peppino Impastato in Terrasini, in the province of Palermo.

The radio was based in Terrasini (and not in Cinisi as is generally reported by the media) and was receivable on the 98,800 MHz frequency in Terrasini and surroundings

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Aut