Italian Communist Party

The Italian political party founded in 1921 that split from the Italian Socialist Party, organized as a communist party aligned with the Comintern, and led efforts toward revolution in Italy during the interwar period.

Claims that use this term

• The Italian Communist Party was overwhelmingly working-class with almost no intellectual membership
• The Italian Communist Party clashed with the Comintern long before the united front policy
• The Italian Communist Party formed only after the revolutionary wave collapsed
• The Italian Communist Party endured semi-legality with constant suppression in 1923.
• The Italian Communist Party was tiny relative to the masses it aimed to lead