Critical Left

Critical Left Sinistra Critica
Fourth International
Coalition	Stand-alone
Colors	Red
Website
sinistracritica.org
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Critical Left (Italian: Sinistra Critica, SC) was a communist and Trotskyist political party in Italy, affiliated to the Fourth International.

History

Originally a

Prodi II Cabinet and the latter was responsible of the first major crisis of the government on 22 February 2007.^[2] After this, Turigliatto was expelled from the PRC in March.^[3] In the 2008 general election, SC (890 members) ran its own lists and Flavia D'Angeli

was chosen as candidate for Prime Minister of the party. In the election, SC gained 0.5% of the national vote.

SC dissolved in July 2013 and agreed to separate into two groupings which would each try out their different approaches, with the first grouping formed a new party called Anticapitalist Left while the second founded Internationalist Solidarity, a political association uninvolved in direct elections.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Leadership

Spokespersons: Salvatore Cannavò (2007–2009), Flavia D'Angeli (2008–present), Franco Turigliatto (2009–present) and Piero Maestri (2009–2013)

Electoral results

Parliament

Chamber of Deputies

Election year	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	No. of overall seats won	+/-	Notes
2008	168,916	0.5	0 / 630

Senate

Election year	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	No. of overall seats won	+/-	Notes
2008	136.396	0.4	0 / 322

References

^ "AGI News on - WELFARE. CANNAVO': NO TO CONFIDENCE VOTE". Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
^ Info on archiviostorico.corriere.it
^ Info on archiviostorico.corriere.it
^ "Nadia de Mond: in women's liberation the first step is self-consciousness" Archived 2013-11-07 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "La separazione di Sinistra Critica" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Sinistra Anticapitalista ennesima riproposizione di una posizione politica fallimentare".

External links

Media related to Sinistra Critica at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

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