Network of Communists

Network of Communists Rete dei Comunisti
Abbreviation	RdC
Leader	Luciano Vasapollo
Founded	13 September 1998
Newspaper	Contropiano
Ideology	Communism Anti-capitalism[1] Hard Euroscepticism[2]
National affiliation	Federation of the Left (2009) Power to the People!(2017-)
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 630
Senate	0 / 315
European Parliament	0 / 76
Website
www.retedeicomunisti.net
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The Network of Communists (Italian: Rete dei Comunisti, RdC) is a communist political movement network, founded in Bologna on 13 September 1998.

History

The RdC was born initially from the union of the Communists Forum with the association Communist Initiative of the Emilia-Romagna, the association In Movement for a Communist Project of Milano, the Communist Collective Rosa Luxemburg of Aversa and the Communist Circle of Trivero street of Torino.

In the May 2000 the RdC is cofounder of the Communist Coordination, together with the Movement for the Confederation of Communist, The Other Lombardia-Head Up, the Communist Coordination of Napoli and the Cultural Centre The Worker of Massa Carrara and La Spezia, but the experience fell apart during 2001 and the RdC regained full autonomy.

From June 2009 the RdC joined the Federation of the Left,^[3] leaving it in the following December, judging the FdS not autonomous enough from the Democratic Party.^[4]

In the March 2013 Sergio Cararo is one of the signatories of the Declaration for an anti-capitalist and libertarian movement.^[5] On its basis was formed the Ross@ association, and many members of RdC joined it.^[6]

In June 2016 Mauro Casadio signed, as member of the RdC secretariat, the Appeal for an alternative to the diktats of the European Union. From it was born the social platform Eurostop, of which the RdC is still member.^[7]

From 2017, together with Eurostop, the RdC joined Power to the People!.^[8]

Organization

The activity of the RdC is focused on three areas:

• Research on class composition, Marxist theory and international issue through inquiries, essays and books (the RdC has a specific magazine about Southern America, Nuestra America, and it has a publishing house, I quaderni di Contropiano).
• Direct activity of militants in grassroots trade unionism.
• Direct participation to different structures of international solidarity, anti-militarist, cultural and of information. It also participates to a series of local experiences, linked to the independent left.

The RdC is linked to two students organization: Cambiare rotta - Organizzazione giovanile comunista (for the university students) and OSA - Opposizione Studentesca d'Alternativa (for the middle students).

Press

The official press of the RdC is Contropiano, communist newspaper founded in 1993.

National assemblies

• I assembly - Roma, 23 March 2002
• II assembly - Roma, 10–11 March 2007
• III assembly - Roma, 2–3 April 2011

Election results

Election		Votes	%	Seats
2018	Chamber of Deputies	In PaP!		0 / 630
	Senate	In PaP!		0 / 315

References

1. "Rete dei comunisti Archivi". FarodiRoma (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
2. "Un'area alternativa Mediterranea per rompere la gabbia dell'Unione Europea". EuroStop (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
3. "Discussione: Ferrero, Diliberto, Salvi ed Agnoletto..." Termometro Politico (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
4. "Una verifica dovuta sul progetto della Federazione della Sinistra". Contropiano (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
5. "Declaration in english". Per un movimento politico anticapitalista e libertario. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
6. "Ross@ si presenta: «In autunno tutti a Roma contro il governo»". Controlacrisi (in Italian). 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
7. "EUROSTOP. Appello per una alternativa ai diktat dell'Unione Europea". Contropiano (in Italian). 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
8. "Potere al popolo: l'assemblea nazionale di Eurostop approva la relazione di Giorgio Cremaschi". Rete dei Comunisti (in Italian). 3 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2021.