The Workers' Political Movement (, MPL), also translated as Political Movement of Workers, was a small

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led by Livio Labor.

History

After the congress of

Christian Associations of Italian Workers The Christian Associations of Italian Workers (''Associazioni Cristiane dei Lavoratori Italiani'', ACLI; alternatively translated as Italian Christian Workers' Association) are a widespread lay Catholic association in Italy. Its work is based on th ...

(ACLI) had voted to end its affiliation with

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, on March 8, 1969, Livio Labor (president of ACLI) and

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founded the "Association of Political Culture" (''Associazione di Cultura Politica'', ACPOL), committed to the restructuring of the Italian left. On 5 July 1970, the ACPOL dissolved itself to start the constituent phase of the Workers' Political Movement (MPL). The MPL sprang from the Catholic sector of dissent towards the Christian Democrats, aiming to represent progressive Catholics and leftists. In the general elections of 1972 the MPL obtained only 0.36% of the votes. After this disappointing result many MPL members (such as Labor himself, Gennaro Acquaviva, Luciano Benadusi, Marco Biagi and Luigi Covatta) joined the

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(PSI).Italian Christian Democracy: The Politics of Dominance
/ref> The MPL minority (

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, Domenico Jervolino, Gian Giacomo Migone, Vittorio Bellavite and others) decided instead to continue its political activity as Socialist Alternative. Three months later this new formation merged with the New Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP) to found the Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP).

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