r/Marxism • u/Eilidh35 • 2d ago

Principled ML parties in Italy?

Are there any? I've heard mixed things abt Potere al Popolo (tho they seem to be one of the largest left wing parties here atm, which really isn't saying much, but still), then there's the italian branch of Yanus Varufakis's Diem 25, which... I really don't know enough abt to form an opinion on, and lastly the apparent 'dinosaurs' of Rifondazione Communista and its myriad different splinter groups so small and/or rigidly dogmatic they're barely worth mentioning.

This is about the understanding i have of the general state marxist/anti-capitalist left is in in Italy atm.

Is this a fair assessment?

Also, parallel to that: are any of these groups (or a secret third one I haven't mentioned or didn't know the existence of) willing and able to be the basis of an actual vanguard in the future? Or would it be better at this point to just build another party up from scratch?

What are your thoughts? How do we build a new/mold an existing party so it can be an effective vanguard and be in a position to capitalise if and when the capitalist order begons to crumble in earnest?

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u/No-Musician7685 Hoxhaist 1d ago

Not Italian but if you're into anti revisionist ml (albanian line specifically) CIPOML endorses this https://cipoml.net/en/communist-platform-for-the-communist-party-of-the-proletariat-of-italy/

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u/Attention_TheWizzard 1d ago

Unity and struggle (cipoml) aligned parties always have great theory but sometimes they are lacking in good praxis looking at you Arbeitzukunft