The Front of Communist Youth ( it, Fronte della Gioventù Comunista, FGC) is a

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youth organization founded in 2012. It defines itself as "''a revolutionary organization of young workers, students, and workless youth that struggles against capitalism, to build a socialist society"''. The FGC consisted of around 1,500 members as of 2020 and participates in student elections and political actions across Italy. The FGC assumes a revolutionary program and bases its ideology on

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. It aims to abolish capitalism and to transform Italy into a socialist state. It draws inspiration from

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, particularly the

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before

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. The FGC also claims the necessity for Italy of a unilateral exit from EU and

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. In 2015, the FGC became a member of the

World Federation of Democratic Youth The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as left-wing and anti-imperialist. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, o ...

. On March 12, 2020, the Front of Communist Youth split from Italy's

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, of which it had been affiliated since 2016. The FGC accused

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, the Party's General Secretary, of "individualism" and "opportunism", and left due to organizational and political differences.

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External links

Official site

''Senza Tregua'' – official site
Youth wings of political parties in Italy Youth wings of communist parties