The Front of Communist Youth (Italian: Fronte della Gioventù Comunista, FGC) is a Marxist–Leninist youth organization founded in 2012. It defines itself as "a revolutionary organization of young workers, students, and workless youth that struggles against capitalism, to build a socialist society".[1] The FGC consisted of around 1,500 members as of 2020 and participates in student elections and political actions across Italy.[2]
| Front of Communist Youth Fronte della Gioventù Comunista | |
|---|---|
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| Secretary General | Lorenzo Lang |
| Founded | 10 June 2012 |
| Membership | 1,500 (2020) |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Anti-imperialism Anti-fascism Hard Euroscepticism |
| Colours | Red |
| Mother party | Communist Party (2016-2020) Communist Front (since 2021) |
| International affiliation | WFDY |
| European affiliation | Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations |
| Newspaper | Avanguardia |
| Magazine | Senza Tregua (Senzatregua.it) |
| Website | Gioventucomunista.it |
The FGC assumes a revolutionary program and bases its ideology on Marxism–Leninism. It aims to abolish capitalism and to transform Italy into a socialist state. It draws inspiration from real socialism, particularly the Soviet Union before Khrushchev. The FGC also claims the necessity for Italy of a unilateral exit from EU and NATO.
In 2015, the FGC became a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.[3]
On March 12, 2020, the Front of Communist Youth split from Italy's Communist Party, of which it had been affiliated since 2016. The FGC accused Marco Rizzo, the Party's General Secretary, of "individualism" and "opportunism", and left due to organizational and political differences.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Chi siamo | Fronte della Gioventù Comunista". gioventucomunista.it. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ a b ""Ambiguo e amico dei leghisti", la giovanile comunista abbandona Rizzo". la Repubblica (in Italian). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Il FGC entra ufficialmente nel WFDY | Fronte della Gioventù Comunista". gioventucomunista.it. Retrieved 15 September 2017.