Italian Communist Youth Federation
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The Italian Communist Youth Federation (Italian - Federazione Giovanile Comunista Italiana, or FGCI) was the youth wing of the Partito Comunista Italiano
(PCI), and the direct heir of the Federazione Giovanile Comunista d'Italia of the PCd'I.
himself) and "Nuova generazione" (drawn up, not without some protests, in 1956).
On 8 October 1990 the Fgci's secretary Gianni Cuperlo
, proposed to Ariccia, following the line of Achille Occhetto
, that the FGCI be dissolved in order to create the Sinistra Giovanile, a federal organisation with the aim of creating four associations in schools, in territories, in universities, in workplaces, all federated together. The proposal was passed, with 91 votes in favour, 10 abstentions and 13 against.
On 19 December 1990, the 25th and last congress of the FGCI opened at Pesaro, and on 22 December the FGCI dissolved itself with 356 of the 491 votes (72.5%) being in favour, out of a membership of 55,000. Most of the FGCI moved to the new Partito Democratico della Sinistra, which in 1992 gave birth to the Sinistra Giovanile del PDS (renamed simply Sinistra Giovanile in 1998). A minority, which first adhered to the Movimento per la Rifondazione Comunista and then to the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, in 1995 gave birth to the Giovani Comunisti (GC).
When the Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (PdCI) was born in 1998 as the result of a split in the PRC, the new party created the Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani (FGCI) on the model of the dissolved federation
Periodicals printed by the FGCI were Gioventù d'avanguardia (1949-1953), Il costruttore (1950-1956), Nuova generazione (monthly then sometimes weekly, 1956-1977), La città futura (weekly, 1977-1979).
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
(PCI), and the direct heir of the Federazione Giovanile Comunista d'Italia of the PCd'I.
History
Constituted in 1949, its peak was in the 1960s, when its membership reached 200,000 and it thus sought to gain a profile independent of its parent organisation. The Federation's newsletters and publications thus assumed a more avant-garde role, most importantly "La città futura" (taking its name from a special issue published in February 1917 by the Federazione giovanile piemontese del Partito Socialista drawn up by Antonio GramsciAntonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci was an Italian writer, politician, political philosopher, and linguist. He was a founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime...
himself) and "Nuova generazione" (drawn up, not without some protests, in 1956).
On 8 October 1990 the Fgci's secretary Gianni Cuperlo
Gianni Cuperlo
Giovanni Cuperlo is an Italian politician, a member of the Italian chamber of Deputies.- Life :Born in 1961 in Trieste, he graduated in Letters and Philosophy at University of Bologna. Cuperlo sonce the years of high school has been involved in politics and he joined the FGCI, in 1988 he was named...
, proposed to Ariccia, following the line of Achille Occhetto
Achille Occhetto
Achille Occhetto , nicknamed Akel, is an Italian political figure.-Biography:Occhetto was born in Turin. He served as the secretary-general of the Italian Communist Party between 1988 and 1994 Achille Occhetto (born 3 March 1936), nicknamed Akel, is an Italian political figure.-Biography:Occhetto...
, that the FGCI be dissolved in order to create the Sinistra Giovanile, a federal organisation with the aim of creating four associations in schools, in territories, in universities, in workplaces, all federated together. The proposal was passed, with 91 votes in favour, 10 abstentions and 13 against.
On 19 December 1990, the 25th and last congress of the FGCI opened at Pesaro, and on 22 December the FGCI dissolved itself with 356 of the 491 votes (72.5%) being in favour, out of a membership of 55,000. Most of the FGCI moved to the new Partito Democratico della Sinistra, which in 1992 gave birth to the Sinistra Giovanile del PDS (renamed simply Sinistra Giovanile in 1998). A minority, which first adhered to the Movimento per la Rifondazione Comunista and then to the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, in 1995 gave birth to the Giovani Comunisti (GC).
When the Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (PdCI) was born in 1998 as the result of a split in the PRC, the new party created the Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani (FGCI) on the model of the dissolved federation
Periodicals printed by the FGCI were Gioventù d'avanguardia (1949-1953), Il costruttore (1950-1956), Nuova generazione (monthly then sometimes weekly, 1956-1977), La città futura (weekly, 1977-1979).
National secretaries of the FGCI
- Luigi Polano (1921)
- Giuseppe Berti (1921-1923)
- Giuseppe Dozza (external) - Pietro Secchia (internal) (1923-1931))
- Luigi Amadesi (1931-1935)
- Celeste Negarville (1935-1938)
- Agostino Novella (1938-19xx)
- Enrico BerlinguerEnrico BerlinguerEnrico Berlinguer was an Italian politician; he was national secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1972 until his death.-Early career:...
(1949-1956) - Renzo Trivelli (1956-1960)
- Rino Serri (1960-1962)
- Achille OcchettoAchille OcchettoAchille Occhetto , nicknamed Akel, is an Italian political figure.-Biography:Occhetto was born in Turin. He served as the secretary-general of the Italian Communist Party between 1988 and 1994 Achille Occhetto (born 3 March 1936), nicknamed Akel, is an Italian political figure.-Biography:Occhetto...
(1962-1966) - Claudio Petruccioli (1966-1969)
- Gianfranco Borghini (1969-1972)
- Renzo Imbeni (1972-1975)
- Massimo D'AlemaMassimo D'AlemaMassimo D'Alema is an Italian politician. He is also a journalist and a former national secretary of the Democratic Party of the Left...
(1975-1980) - Marco Fumagalli (1980-1985)
- Pietro Folena (1985-1988)
- Gianni CuperloGianni CuperloGiovanni Cuperlo is an Italian politician, a member of the Italian chamber of Deputies.- Life :Born in 1961 in Trieste, he graduated in Letters and Philosophy at University of Bologna. Cuperlo sonce the years of high school has been involved in politics and he joined the FGCI, in 1988 he was named...
(1988-1990)
National congresses
Its first 7 congresses occurred in the form of the Federazione Giovanile Socialista Italiana (Fgsi)- VIII Congress - FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, 27 January 1921 - IX Congress - RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, 27-28 March 1922 - X Congress - BiellaBiellaBiella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...
, February 1926 - XI Congress - ZurichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, 10 April 1931 (in exile) - XII Congress - LivornoLivornoLivorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
, 29 March-2 April 1950 - XIII Congress - FerraraFerraraFerrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
, 4-8 March 1953 - XIV Congress - MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, 23-26 June 1955 - XV Congress - BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, 20-23 June 1957 - XVI Congress - GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, 29 September - 2 ottobre 1960 - XVII Congress - BariBariBari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
, 25-29 October 1962 - XVIII Congress - Bologna, 1-4 July 1966
- XIX Congress - Florence, 26-28 March 1971
- XX Congress - Genoa, 18-21 December 1975
- XXI Congress - Florence, 19-23 April 1978
- XXII Congress - Milan, 20-23 May 1982
- XXIII Congress - NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, 21-24 February 1985 - XXIV Congress - Bologna, 8-11 December 1988
- XXV Congress - PesaroPesaroPesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....
, 19-22 December 1990