The Ernesto
Encyclopedia
The Ernesto is a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party
in Italy
.
The group emerged as a split from Being Communists
in February 2007 and took the name from L'Ernesto, a communist publication. The leaders of the splinter group are Fosco Giannini, a senator, and Gianluigi Pegolo.
For the 24-27 July 2008 congress the faction formed a common list with Counter-current
, another minority faction, and obtained 7.7% of the delegates. In that occasion they supported the election of Paolo Ferrero
, leader of the Refoundation in Movement
-Being Communists motion, as party secretary, thus joining for the first time the majority of the party.
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....
in Italy
Italy
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The group emerged as a split from Being Communists
Being Communists
Being Communists is a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy, formed basically of former followers of Armando Cossutta, who left the party in 1998 to form the Party of Italian Communists...
in February 2007 and took the name from L'Ernesto, a communist publication. The leaders of the splinter group are Fosco Giannini, a senator, and Gianluigi Pegolo.
For the 24-27 July 2008 congress the faction formed a common list with Counter-current
Counter-current (Italy)
Counter-current is a trotskyist faction within the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy.The group emerged in 2006 as a split from Communist Project, when their leader Marco Ferrando decided to leave the party in order to form his own Workers' Communist Party...
, another minority faction, and obtained 7.7% of the delegates. In that occasion they supported the election of Paolo Ferrero
Paolo Ferrero
Paolo Ferrero is an Italian politician, member of the Communist Refoundation Party and former Italian Minister of Social Solidarity in the Prodi II Cabinet.-Career:...
, leader of the Refoundation in Movement
Refoundation in Movement
Refoundation in Movement is a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy.In April 2008, following the severe defeat of the party in the 2008 general election, a group of former Bertinottiani, composed basically of former members of Proletarian Democracy and led by Paolo Ferrero and...
-Being Communists motion, as party secretary, thus joining for the first time the majority of the party.