Italian Communist Party (2016)

For the party active from 1921 to 1991, see Italian Communist Party.

Italian Communist Party
Partito Comunista Italiano
SecretaryMauro Alboresi
PresidentCristina Cirillo
Founded26 June 2016
Preceded byCommunist Party of Italy
HeadquartersViale Mazzini 146, Rome
NewspaperRagioni e Conflitti (online)
Youth wingItalian Communist Youth Federation
Women's wingAssemblea Nazionale delle Donne Comuniste – A. Do.C.[1]
Membership (2016)Increasec. 9–15,000[2]
IdeologyCommunism
Euroscepticism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationPower to the People!
(2018–2019)
International affiliationIMCWP
World Anti-Imperialist Platform[3]
Colours  Red
Party flag
Website
ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it
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The Italian Communist Party (Italian: Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) is a minor communist party in Italy.

History

The PCI, which took the name from the historical and much larger Italian Communist Party, active from 1921 to 1991, emerged from the merger of the Communist Party of Italy (PCdI) with splinters from the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) and minor groups in 2016.[4][5][6] The foundation of the new PCI took place ninety years after the transformation of the old Communist Party of Italy into the old PCI.

After the founding congress, Mauro Alboresi was elected secretary by the party's newly formed national committee.

In the 2018 general election, the PCI was part of the Power to the People! electoral list,[7][8] which obtained 1.1% of the vote and no seats.[9] Soon after, the party left the list.[10] In July the PCI held its first regular congress.[11]

In July 2022 the PCI, along with other far-left parties and organisations (Confederation of the Italian Left, Atheist Democracy, Inventing the Future, The Future City, CARC Party and Italian Marxist–Leninist Party), formed the "Popular Unity" coordination, with the aim of elaborating and implementing common and shared initiatives and proposals.[12] However, in the 2022 general election the PCI ran as a stand-alone list in 5 out 29 constituencies for the Chamber of Deputies and 7 out of 21 for the Senate,[13][14] obtaining between 1.0 and 1.5% in Tuscany, Marche and Umbria.[15]

Ideology and platform

The party declares itself faithful to the principles of Marxism–Leninism,[16] anti-capitalism,[17] anti-fascism,[18] anti-imperialism[19] and hard Euroscepticism.[20]

In foreign policy, the party holds anti-American, anti-NATO, anti-Zionist,[21] Russophile[22] and Sinophile views. The party is a part of the World Anti-Imperialist Platform. It has shown support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its use of the "Z" symbol and the ribbon of Saint George have caused scandal in Italy.[23]

Leadership

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		No. of
overall seats won 		+/– Leader
2018 into Power to the People!
0 / 630
–
 Mauro Alboresi
2022 24,555 0.09
0 / 400
–
 Mauro Alboresi
Senate of the Republic
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		No. of
overall seats won 		+/– Leader
2018 into Power to the People!
0 / 315
–
 Mauro Alboresi
2022 70,961 0.26
0 / 200
–
 Mauro Alboresi

Regional Councils

Region Election year Votes % Seats +/−
Lazio 2023 10,212 (15th) 0.66
0 / 21
–
Umbria 2019 2,098 (14th) 0.50
0 / 21
–

References

  1. ^ https://www.ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it/a-do-c-assemblea-delle-donne-comuniste/
  2. ^ "Iscriviti al PCI!". ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it (in Italian). 8 February 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists". 14 October 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ "A Bologna rinasce il Partito Comunista Italiano". bologna.repubblica.it (in Italian). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. ^ "A 25 anni dalla Bolognina (ri)nasce il Pci". pochestorie.corriere.it (in Italian). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Da oggi a Bologna rinasce un partito. Per noi, 'il' partito". ilmanifesto.it (in Italian). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. ^ "L'associazionismo si fa partito: nasce la lista "Potere al popolo". today.it (in Italian). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Debutta Potere al popolo: "Non siamo la terza lista di sinistra, ma l'unica"". ilmanifesto.it (in Italian). 16 December 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Eligendo: Camera". elezioni.interno.gov.it (in Italian). 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Potere al popolo, scoppia la guerra sullo statuto. Rifondazione boicotta il voto: "Non partecipiamo, non c'è democrazia"". 8 October 2018.
  11. ^ "1° Congresso del PCI: Il dispositivo finale. - Partito Comunista Italiano". 14 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Nasce Unitá Popolare, coordinamento tra varie forze politiche di Sinistra: presentazione venerdí alla Camera dei Deputati | Varese7Press". 28 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Elezioni trasparenti. Politiche 2022". 25 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Il PCI sarà sulle schede elettorali!". 25 August 2022.
  15. ^ Scrutini Senateelezioni.interno.gov.it Archived 19 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Statuto del Partito Comunista Italiano" (PDF). ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it. April 2017.
  17. ^ "IL PCI PER UNA LISTA COMUNISTA E ANTICAPITALISTA - Partito Comunista Italiano" (in Italian). 17 November 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Il PCI non fa sconti: antifascismo e unità sempre".
  19. ^ "TESI 05 – No alla guerra, no alla NATO - Partito Comunista Italiano" (in Italian). 19 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Il Partito Comunista contro l'Europa (e no, non è un articolo degli anni '60)". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 19 March 2017.
  21. ^ "From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free!". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  22. ^ "GS of KKE equated Russia with Nato". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  23. ^ Pistilli, Clemente (5 May 2022). "A Zagarolo il Pci festeggia l'invasione russa: manifesti shock con la Z simbolo del massacro in Ucraina". la Repubblica (in Italian).