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{{Infobox political party|name=Italian Communist Party|native_name=Partito Comunista Italiano|logo=Italian Communist Party logo.png|founded=21 January 1921|abbreviation=PCd'I (Comunist party of italy) PCI (italian comunist party)|president=[[Luigi Longo]] (first)<br>[[Aldo Tortorella]] (last)|leader1_title=Secretary|leader1_name=[[Amadeo Bordiga]] (first)<br>[[Achille Occhetto]] (last)|founders=[[Antonio Gramsci]]<br>Amadeo Bordiga<br>[[Nicola Bombacci]]|dissolution=3 February 1991|newspaper=''l'Unità''(unity)|youth_wing=Federazione comunista giovanile (Communist Youth Federation)|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Revolutionary socialism]]<br>'''Later:'''<br>[[Eurocommunism]]<br>[[Revisionism]]<br>[[Reformism]]|international=[[Comintern]] (1921–1943)<br>[[Cominform]] (1947–1956)|slogan=PROLETARI DI TUTTO IL MONDO UNITEVI (WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE)}}The '''Italian Communist Party (PCI) originally Comunist party of Italy''' ('''PCd'I''') was a [[Marxist-Leninist]], later [[Eurocommunism|Eurocommunist]], party in [[Italy]]. It originated in a split from the [[Italian Socialist Party]] (psi) in 1921, when the pro-Comintern faction split off and formed the PCd'I.
 
The PCd'I eventually turned to [[revisionism]] and [[Eurocommunism]]; the party continued to exist in revisionist form until 1991, when the [[Fall of the Warsaw pact (1989-1992)|fall of the Warsaw pact]] resulted in the leadership fully capitulating to [[liberalism]].
 
== History ==
During the [[Prague Spring]], the PCd'I defended [[Alexander Dubček]]'s revisionist policies and described [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] as a defensive alliance. It later supported [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]'s rejection of [[class struggle]].<ref name=":02222">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Turning Point, 1987-88|page=154|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref>
 
=== Turn to neoliberalism  ===
The PCI anti-communist faction of Achille Occhetto <ref>{{Video citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu77G4RqcT4|channel=Diego Fusaro|title=DIEGO FUSARO: Achille Occhetto, dalla distruzione del Pci (1989) all'odio verso il popolo (2019)|date=7 set 2019}}</ref> and Walter Vetroni<ref>{{Video citation|url=https://youtu.be/P-vD0wZAbHg?si=IvYfEVjJwCot8uHQ|channel=Diego Fusaro|title=DIEGO FUSARO: "Non sono mai stato comunista" Walter Vetroni e la sinistra smemorata}}</ref>
 
== Leadership ==
Secretary: [[Antonio Gramsci]] (1926), [[Camilla Ravera]] (1927–1930), [[Palmiro Togliatti]] (1930–1934), [[Ruggero Grieco]] (1934–1938), Palmiro Togliatti (1938–1964), [[Luigi Longo]] (1964–1972), [[Enrico Berlinguer]] (1972–1984), [[Alessandro Natta]] (1984–1988), [[Achille Occhetto]] (1988–1991)
 
== See also ==
 
* [[L'Unità]]
{{Communist parties}}
 
== Reference ==
[[Category:Communist parties]]
<references />

Latest revision as of 08:19, 2 March 2026

Italian Communist Party

Partito Comunista Italiano
AbbreviationPCd'I (Comunist party of italy) PCI (italian comunist party)
PresidentLuigi Longo (first)
Aldo Tortorella (last)
SecretaryAmadeo Bordiga (first)
Achille Occhetto (last)
FoundersAntonio Gramsci
Amadeo Bordiga
Nicola Bombacci
Founded21 January 1921
Dissolved3 February 1991
Newspaperl'Unità(unity)
Youth wingFederazione comunista giovanile (Communist Youth Federation)
Political orientationMarxism-Leninism
Revolutionary socialism
Later:
Eurocommunism
Revisionism
Reformism
International affiliationComintern (1921–1943)
Cominform (1947–1956)
SloganPROLETARI DI TUTTO IL MONDO UNITEVI (WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE)

The Italian Communist Party (PCI) originally Comunist party of Italy (PCd'I) was a Marxist-Leninist, later Eurocommunist, party in Italy. It originated in a split from the Italian Socialist Party (psi) in 1921, when the pro-Comintern faction split off and formed the PCd'I.

The PCd'I eventually turned to revisionism and Eurocommunism; the party continued to exist in revisionist form until 1991, when the fall of the Warsaw pact resulted in the leadership fully capitulating to liberalism.

History[edit | edit source]

During the Prague Spring, the PCd'I defended Alexander Dubček's revisionist policies and described NATO as a defensive alliance. It later supported Mikhail Gorbachev's rejection of class struggle.[1]

Turn to neoliberalism[edit | edit source]

The PCI anti-communist faction of Achille Occhetto [2] and Walter Vetroni[3]

Leadership[edit | edit source]

Secretary: Antonio Gramsci (1926), Camilla Ravera (1927–1930), Palmiro Togliatti (1930–1934), Ruggero Grieco (1934–1938), Palmiro Togliatti (1938–1964), Luigi Longo (1964–1972), Enrico Berlinguer (1972–1984), Alessandro Natta (1984–1988), Achille Occhetto (1988–1991)

See also[edit | edit source]

Reference[edit | edit source]