Union of Italian Communists (Marxist–Leninist) () was a pro-

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. The UCI(m-l) was founded in

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on 4 October 1968. Its main organ was ''Servire il popolo''. The main leaders of UCI(m-l) were Aldo Brandirali, Enzo Todeschini, Angelo Arvati and Enzo Lo Giudice. After a schism at the end of 1970, the main group of the leaders moved from Rome to Milan. On 15 April 1972 the UCI(m-l) was transformed into Italian (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Party (''Partito Comunista (marxista-leninista) Italiano''). With the appearance of the

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in the party, the theoretical organ of PC(m-l)I became known as ''Che fare''. The PC(m-l)I had a front organization amongst Italians in

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, called Union of Italian Migrant Workers (''Federazione Italiani Lavoratori Emigrati''). The PC(m-l)I was dissolved in 1978, and its remaining adherents largely became involved in

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. The youth wing of the organization was called: Union of Communist Youth in Service of the People.

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