Unified Communist Party of Italy

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Founding congress of PCUd'I, May 1977

Unified Communist Party of Italy (in Italian: Partito Comunista Unificato d'Italia) is a political party in Italy. PCUd'I was founded at a congress in Rome in May 1977.[1][2] PCUd'I was formed through a merger of the Communist Organization of Italy (Marxist-Leninist) and two smaller groups.[3] The party upheld the Three Worlds Theory and retained contacts with the Communist Party of China following the death of Mao Zedong.[3] The party vehemently opposed the Soviet Union and the Italian Communist Party.[1] The general secretary of PCUd'I is Osvaldo Pesce.[4][5]

PCUd'I held its third party congress in Florence in July 1978, which reaffirmed the adherence of the party to Marxism-Leninism Mao Zedong Thought.[6][7]

PCUd'I publishes Linea Proletaria.[4][8]

PCUd'I is a part of the .

References[]

  1. ^ a b Il Politico. Università degli studi di Pavia. 1983. p. 143.
  2. ^ Peking Review, No. 25 June 17, 1977 p. 29
  3. ^ a b Robert Jackson Alexander (2001). Maoism in the Developed World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-275-96148-0.
  4. ^ a b Translations on South and East Asia. Joint Publications Research Service. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Il Partito".
  6. ^ Peking Review. Peking Review. 1978. p. 23.
  7. ^ Ciarán Ó Maoláin (1988). Political Parties of the World. Longman. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-582-02626-1.
  8. ^ L'Europeo: settimanale politico d'attualità. 1979. p. 28.
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