Communist Party (Italy)

Communist Party
Partito Comunista
SecretaryAlberto Lombardo
PresidentCanzio Visentin
Founded3 July 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-03)
Split fromParty of Italian Communists
HeadquartersVia Guasti di Santa Cecilia 1/b, Parma[1]
NewspaperLa Riscossa
Youth wingFederation of the Communist Youth[2]
Overseas wingCommunist Party - Abroad Federation
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Sovereigntism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationSovereign and Popular Italy (2022)
Sovereign Popular Democracy (2023)
International affiliationIMCWP
World Anti-Imperialist Platform[3]
Colours  Red
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional
Councils
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Website
ilpartitocomunista.it

The Communist Party (Partito Comunista, PC) is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Italy, founded in 2009. It defines itself as "the revolutionary political vanguard organization of the working class in Italy".[4] It was a founding member of the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE) and remained as such from 2013 until the association's dissolution.[5]

  1. ^ "Declaration of transparency" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Is founded the Youth wing of the Communist Party" from Il Messaggero, 9 april 2021.
  3. ^ "Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ ""Statute of the Communist Party approved at the II Congress (2017)"" (PDF).
  5. ^ "In Brussels for the Communist International. The initiative of the communist parties and workers of Europe is born". 2 December 2013.