Power to the People (Italy)

Power to the People!
Potere al Popolo!
AbbreviationPaP
Spokespersons
Founded18 November 2017 (2017-11-18)
HeadquartersVia Imbriani 218, Naples
IdeologyLeft-wing populism[1]
Euroscepticism
Anti-capitalism
Communism
Socialism of the 21st century
Political positionLeft-wing[2][3] to far-left[4][5][6]
National affiliationPeople's Union (2022–)
International affiliationInternational Peoples' Assembly
Colours  Carmine red
SloganPotere al Popolo!
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate of the Republic
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European Parliament
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Regional Councils
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Party flag
Website
poterealpopolo.org
Viola Carofalo, former national spokesperson and leader

Power to the People! (Italian: Potere al Popolo!, PaP) is a political party in Italy. It was launched in December 2017 as a left-wing joint electoral list of anti-capitalist parties and movements which ran in the 2018 general election.[7][8]

In its manifesto, PaP's membership is described as "social and political, anti-liberal and anti-capitalist, communist, socialist, environmentalist, feminist, secular, pacifist and southernist left-wing", whose goal as a coalition is "to create real democracy, through daily practices, self-governance experiments, socialisation of knowing and popular participation".[9]

  1. ^ Roberto Di Caro; Francesca Sironi (24 August 2018). "Potere al popolo, la via di sinistra al populismo: ecco come il movimento vuole crescere". L'Espresso (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ Ylenia Gostoli (28 February 2018). "Power to the People: Left-wing party challenges 'racist logic'". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ^ James Politi (24 February 2018). "Italians protest against resurgence of racism". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ Frederika Randall (21 February 2018). "'Shoot the Beasts on Sight': The Far Right and Italy's Elections". The Nation. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ^ Steve Scherer (22 February 2018). "Italian far-left protesters scuffle with police as election tensions rise". reuters.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. ^ "And Now? Power To The People!". jesopazzo.org. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. ^ Adriana Pollice (16 December 2017). "Debutta Potere al popolo: "Non siamo la terza lista di sinistra, ma l'unica"". il Manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. ^ "L'associazionismo si fa partito: nasce la lista "Potere al popolo". today.it (in Italian). 17 December 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Manifesto Potere al Popolo". poterealpopolo.org (in Italian). 10 December 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.