The Communist Alternative Party (''Partito di Alternativa Comunista'', PdAC) is a

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. Its leader and founder is Francesco Ricci.

History

In April 2006 some members of Communist Project, a

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faction within the

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(PRC), left the party and launched the PdAC, which was officially founded on 7 January 2007. In June 2006, the Communist Project itself left Communist Refoundation under the new name of Communist Workers' Party. In the 2008 general election the PdAC, that candidated Fabiana Stefanoni for

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, obtained the 0.01% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies (the party presented its list in the only constituency "Lazio 2"). In the 2013 general election, with Adriano Lotito as candidate, the party presented its list only in

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and obtained 0.02% of the vote for the Chamber and the 0.01% for the Senate.

Party relations

The PdAC is affiliated to the

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, a Morenist

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. The party has a very conflicting relationship with the Workers' Communist Party (PCL), another Trotskyist political organization in Italy.

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Regional Councils

References

External links

Official website
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