Italian Communist Party

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The Italian Communist Party was a major 20th-century Marxist-Leninist political party in Italy that played a central role in the country’s left-wing politics and labor movements before dissolving in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist–Leninist organization
communist party
political party
activeIn 20th century
color red
country Italy
dissolved 1991
electoralStronghold Emilia-Romagna
Tuscany
Umbria
followedBy Communist Refoundation Party
Democratic Party of the Left
foundedBy Amadeo Bordiga
Antonio Gramsci
hasPart Italian Communist Youth Federation
headquartersLocation Rome
ideology Eurocommunism
Marxism–Leninism
communism
inception 1921
influenced Eurocommunist parties in Western Europe
Italian labor movement
influencedBy Antonio Gramsci's theory of hegemony
Leninism
Soviet Union
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
memberOf Cominform
Comintern
European Left tradition
nativeLabel Partito Comunista Italiano
newspaper L'Unità
notableLeader Achille Occhetto
Enrico Berlinguer
Luigi Longo
Palmiro Togliatti
opposedTo Italian Christian Democracy
Italian fascism
participatedIn Italian Constituent Assembly
Italian Parliament
linked to: Parliament of Italy
politicalPosition far-left
left-wing
precededBy Italian Socialist Party (left wing)
Socialist Party of Italian Workers
shortName PCI
significantEvent Historic Compromise strategy
Italian Resistance during World War II
linked to: Italian Resistance

Years of Lead in Italy
split leading to Communist Refoundation Party
youthWing Italian Communist Youth Federation

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Comintern memberOrganization Italian Communist Party
Cominform memberOrganization Italian Communist Party
Giorgio Napolitano memberOfPoliticalParty Italian Communist Party
Popular Front (Italy) alliancesWith Italian Communist Party
Pentapartito opposedBy Italian Communist Party
Eurocommunism influencedBy Italian Communist Party
Pietro Nenni allyOf Italian Communist Party
Pietro Nenni laterOpposed Italian Communist Party
Altiero Spinelli memberOf Italian Communist Party
Altiero Spinelli memberOf Italian Communist Party
Antonio Gramsci memberOf Communist Party of Italy
linked to: Italian Communist Party
Garibaldi Battalion associatedWith Italian Communist Party
Luigi Longo memberOf Italian Communist Party
Italo Calvino memberOf Italian Communist Party
Third International notableMemberOrganization Italian Communist Party
Italian Communist Party nativeLabel Partito Comunista Italiano
linked to: Italian Communist Party
Giuseppe Boffa memberOf Italian Communist Party
Piero Fassino memberOf Italian Communist Party
Massimo D'Alema memberOfPoliticalParty Italian Communist Party
subject linked to: Massimo D’Alema
Bruno Pontecorvo politicalAffiliation Communist Party of Italy
linked to: Italian Communist Party
Sergio Chiamparino politicalParty Italian Communist Party
Walter Veltroni politicalParty Italian Communist Party
Italian Constituent Assembly includedParty Italian Communist Party
Christian Democracy (Italy) mainOpponent Italian Communist Party
Italian Resistance participant Italian Communist Party
Democratic Party of the Left precededBy Italian Communist Party
Democratic Party of the Left hasSplitFrom Italian Communist Party
First Italian Republic majorParty Italian Communist Party
Lucio Colletti politicalParty Italian Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti memberOf Italian Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti influenced Italian Communist Party
Giulia Schucht associatedWith Italian Communist movement
linked to: Italian Communist Party
Luigi Nono memberOf Italian Communist Party
Communist and Allies Group hasMemberParty Italian Communist Party
Prison Notebooks associatedWith Italian Communist Party
Natalia Ginzburg memberOfPoliticalParty Italian Communist Party