The Community Movement was an Italian political organization founded by

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ese progressive

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Adriano Olivetti Adriano Olivetti (11 April 1901 – 27 February 1960) was an Italian engineer, politician, and industrialist whose entrepreneurial activity thrived on the idea that profit should be reinvested for the benefits of the whole society. He was son of ...

in 1947. Olivetti had previously established a cultural group, which only subsequently began a political activity at local level, entering in municipal and provincial elections. The Community fought against

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and

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, aiming to replace them with a

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union of local communities. The movement tried to merge both

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and

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ideas, opposing both conservatives and communists. The movement successfully engaged the 1958 general election, Olivetti becoming MP for Piedmont, but the history of Community was dramatically stopped in 1960 when its founder died of heart failure. Community's political ideas disappeared from Italian political debate for thirty years and its only MP, professor Franco Ferrarotti, joined the

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Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

References

Sources

Olivetti FoundationOlivetti's life (it.)Adriano Olivetti: the red entrepreneur (it.)
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