Movimento Comunista d'Italia

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The Movimento Comunista d'Italia (MCd'I), best-known after its newspaper Bandiera Rossa,[

Italian Resistance in Rome.[1]

History

Growing out of communist underground circles like

Communist Party of Italy crushed in 1926, the MCd'I would clash with other anti-fascist forces, including Palmiro Togliatti
's Moscow-backed Partito Comunista Italiano, over the correct attitude to take to the partisan struggle.

The MCd'I, which suffered some 186 deaths

Soviet republic on Italian soil',[3] but it would be banned by the Western Allies soon after Liberation.[clarification needed][citation needed]. Its leaders included lifelong communist militant Tigrino Sabatini (executed 3 May 1944),[4] Raffaele de Luca,[5] Antonino Poce, Felice Chilanti and Guido Piovene
.

References

  1. ^ Broder, David (March 2015). "I partigiani che volevano fare la rivoluzione". Micromega.
  2. ^ Corvisieri, Silverio (1968). Bandiera Rossa nella Resistenza romana. Rome: Samona e Savelli.
  3. ^ "Perché collaborare". Bandiera Rossa. 5 October 1943.
  4. ^ "Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Tigrino Sabatini". www.anpi.it. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  5. ^ "Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Raffaele De Luca". www.anpi.it. Retrieved 2015-10-03.