The Young Communists (
Italian: ''Giovani Comuniste e Comunisti'') is the youth organization of the
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party ( it, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who replac ...
(Italian: ''Partito della Rifondazione Comunista'') and had more than 20,000 members.
Although the party was founded in 1991 (following the dissolution of the
Italian Communist Party, and its youth section, the
FGCI), the young members of the party did not have a stable organization until the middle of 1994, when
Marco Rizzo
Marco Rizzo (born 12 October 1959 in Turin) is an Italian politician, leader of the Communist Party (PC) and in 2022 with Sovereign and Popular Italy.
Biography
A graduate in political science in 1985, he was a lecturer in vocational guidance ( ...
created the Giovani Comunisti.
The first National Assembly took place in
Chianciano
Chianciano Terme is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena. It is located between the Valdichiana and the Val d'Orcia.
Chianciano Ter ...
in February 1996. In December 1997 the first National Convention of the GC took place. On this occasion two documents were presented. The party majority won with its own document gaining 67.8% of the vote. From the 4th to 7 July 2002 the second National Convention took place in
Marina di Massa
Massa (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa and Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
History
Massa is mentione ...
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The third National Convention is scheduled for July 2006 in
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
.
Since its formation in 1994 the GC have become a growing part of the Italian left movement, and since the G8 summit in Genova (2001) the organization has become a major player in Italian youth politics.
The Giovani Comunisti on a worldwide platform are affiliated to the
World Federation of Democratic Youth.
During the V National Conference Claudia Candeloro and Andrea Ferroni were elected as chairpersons.
During the VI National Conference Andrea Ferroni was elected as chairperson.
National committee
* Andrea Ferroni – chairperson
* Antimo Caro Esposito – organization officer
* Clarissa Castaldi – communication officer
* Vincenzo Colaprice – website and international officer
* Nicola Comanzo – mutualism officer
* Lorenzo Falistocco – school and university officer
* Stefano Vento – movements officer
See also
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Youth Federation of Italian Communists
The Youth Federation of Italian Communists ( it, Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani, or FGCI) was the youth wing of the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI). Internationally, it is part of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.
In 2016 it c ...
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Italian Communist Youth Federation
The Italian Communist Youth Federation ( it, Federazione Giovanile Comunista Italiana, FGCI) was the youth wing of the Italian Communist Party (''Partito Comunista Italiano''; PCI), and the direct heir of the Federazione Giovanile Comunista d'Ita ...
External links
Giovani Comuniste e Comunisti website
Communist Refoundation Party
Youth wings of political parties in Italy
Youth wings of communist parties
Youth wings of Party of the European Left member parties
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