Amadeo Bordiga

Amadeo Bordiga
Bordiga c. 1920s
General Secretary Communist Party of Italy
In office
January 1921 – January 1924
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAntonio Gramsci
Personal details
Born(1889-06-13)13 June 1889
Resina, Kingdom of Italy
Died23 July 1970(1970-07-23) (aged 81)
Formia, Italy
Political partyPSI (1910–1921)
PCdI (1921–1930)
PCInt (1952–1970)
Spouses
(m. 1914; died 1955)
(m. 1965⁠–⁠1970)

Amadeo Bordiga (13 June 1889 – 25 July 1970) was an Italian Marxist theorist. A revolutionary socialist, Bordiga was the founder of the Communist Party of Italy (PCdI), a member of the Communist International (Comintern), and later a leading figure of the Internationalist Communist Party (PCInt). He was originally associated with the PCdI but was expelled in 1930 after being accused of Trotskyism. Bordiga is viewed as one of the most notable representatives of left communism in Europe.