The Futurist Political Party ( it, Partito Politico Futurista) was an Italian

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

founded in 1918 by

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (; 22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye d ...

as an extension of the

futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abou ...

artistic and social movement. The party had a radical program which included promoting

gender parity Gender parity is a statistical measure used to describe ratios between men and women, or boys and girls, in a given population. Gender parity may refer to the proportionate representation of men and women in a given group, also referred to as sex ...

and abolishing marriage, inheritance, military service and secret police. The party was absorbed into the

Fasci Italiani di Combattimento The ''Fasci Italiani di Combattimento'' ( en, Italian Fasces of Combat, link=yes, also translatable as ''"Italian Fighting Bands"'' or ''"Italian Fighting Leagues"'') was an Italian Fascism, Italian Fascist organization created by Benito Mussolin ...

in 1919.

Ideology

''Futurist Democracy''

* The abolition of marriage, with children raised by the state with funds raised by a tax on

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. * Bureaucratic decentralization and abolition of seniority in state careers. * "Technical government without Senate", i.e. a youth council made up of a dozen people under 30 years, elected by universal suffrage direct. *

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similar to that of

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. *

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in employment and participation in political life. * Creation of "schools of courage and patriotism", which eventually became the

Opera Nazionale Balilla Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization functioning between 1926 and 1937, when it was absorbed into the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL), a youth section of the National Fascist Party. It takes its name fr ...

.Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. ''Il cittadino eroico, l'abolizione delle polizie e la scuole di coraggio''. Reprinted in ''Teoria e invenzione futurista'' (1983). p. 442. * Prison reform and abolition of the political police.

References

External links

"Political Manifesto of Futurism"
(in Italian). 1918 establishments in Italy Defunct political parties in Italy Italian Futurism Political parties established in 1918 Georgist parties Defunct nationalist parties in Italy National syndicalism Syncretic political movements {{Italy-party-stub