The autonomist movement gathered itself around the free radio movement, such as "Onda Rossa" in Rome, Radio Alice in Bologna, "Controradio" in Firenze, Radio Sherwood in Padova, and other local radios, giving it a diffusion in the whole country. It also published several newspapers and magazines which were circulated nationally, above all "Rosso" in Milan, "I Volsci" in Rome, "Autonomia" in Padua and "A/traverso" in Bologna. It was a decentralized, localist network or "area" of movements, particularly strong in Rome, Milan, Padua and Bologna, but at its height in 1977 was also often present in small towns and villages where not even the Italian Communist Party (PCI) was present