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in Rome.

History

Growing out of communist underground circles like ''

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'' that sought to recreate the

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crushed in 1926, the MCd'I would clash with other anti-fascist forces, including

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's Moscow-backed ''Partito Comunista Italiano'', over the correct attitude to take to the partisan struggle. The MCd'I, which suffered some 186 deaths among its close to three-thousand members under

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occupation, advocated 'turning the war between nations into a war between classes' in 'the struggle to create a

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republic on Italian soil', but it would be banned by the Western Allies soon after Liberation.. Its leaders included lifelong communist militant Tigrino Sabatini (executed 3 May 1944), Raffaele de Luca, Antonino Poce, Felice Chilanti and Guido Piovene.

References

{{reflist Italian resistance movement Anti-fascist organisations in Italy