Proletarian Democracy

Proletarian Democracy
Democrazia Proletaria
AbbreviationDP
General SecretaryMario Capanna
Giovanni Russo Spena
Founded1975 (as coalition)
13 April 1978 (as party)
Dissolved9 June 1991
Split fromProletarian Unity Party
Merged intoCommunist Refoundation Party
NewspaperQuotidiano dei lavoratori
Membershipmax: 10,310 (1988)
min: 2,500 (1979)
IdeologyCommunism[1]
Trotskyism[2]
Eco-socialism[3]
Pacifism[4]
Political positionFar-left[5][6]
European Parliament groupTechnical Group of Independents (1979–84)
Rainbow Group (1984–89)
Green Group (1989–94)
Colours  Red
Website
democraziaproletaria.it
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Proletarian Democracy (Italian: Democrazia Proletaria, DP) was a far-left political party in Italy.

  1. ^ "Treccani - la cultura italiana | Treccani, il portale del sapere".
  2. ^ Gli ultimi Mohicani. Una storia di Democrazia Proletaria, Matteo Pucciarelli, 2011
  3. ^ "Treccani - la cultura italiana | Treccani, il portale del sapere".
  4. ^ "Treccani - la cultura italiana | Treccani, il portale del sapere".
  5. ^ Geoff Eley (2002). Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199878772.
  6. ^ Paul Furlong (2003). Modern Italy: Representation and Reform. Taylor & Francis. p. 5. ISBN 9781134979837.