Proletarian Democracy

Proletarian Democracy Democrazia Proletaria

General Secretary	Mario Capanna
Founded	1975 (as coalition) 13 April 1978 (as party)
Dissolved	9 June 1991
Split from	Italian Communist Party
Merged into	Communist Refoundation Party
Newspaper	Quotidiano dei lavoratori
Membership	max: 10,310 (1988) min: 2,500 (1979)
Ideology	Communism^[1] Trotskyism^[2] Eco-socialism^[3] Pacifism^[4]
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	None
Colours	Red
Website
www.democraziaproletaria.it
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Proletarian Democracy (Democrazia Proletaria, DP) was a political party in Italy.

History

1970s

DP was founded in 1975 as a joint electoral front of the Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP), Workers Vanguard (AO) and the "Workers Movement for Socialism" (MLS). At the local level, smaller groups joined, such as the "Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization", "Revolutionary Communist Groups - IV International" and the "League of the Communists".

DP took part in the 1976 elections, winning 556,022 votes (1.51%) and 6 seats in the election to the Chamber of Deputies. On April 13, 1978, DP was transformed into a political party. The move to make DP into a real political party was pushed through by the minority wing of PdUP, led by journalist Vittorio Foa and Silvano Miniati; the majority of AO, led by Massimo Gorla and Luigi Vinci; and the League of the Communists, led by Romano Luporini.

The main figure of DP was the charismatic Mario Capanna, a former student leader associated with the 1968 new left movement.

The strongholds of DP were the industrial cities of Northern Italy, which had strong leftist traditions. DP was opposed to the so-called 'historic compromise' between the Italian Communist Party and the Christian Democrats.

During the 1978 electoral campaign, Peppino Impastato, a leading DP militant from Sicily, was murdered by the mafia.

In the 1979 elections for the European Parliament, DP won 1 seat.

1980s

In the Italian general election, 1983 DP won 542,039 votes (1.47%) and 7 seats in the election to the Chamber of Deputies. In the Italian general election, 1987 DP won 642,161 votes (1.66%) and 8 seats in the election to the Chamber of Deputies. In the same year DP won 493,667 votes (1.52%) and one seat in the election to the Senate.

In 1987 Capanna stepped down, and Giovanni Russo Spena became the secretary of DP. Two years later, the DP suffered a split, as a section led by Capanna launched their own list on ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, called Rainbow Greens.

1990s

On June 9, 1991 the congress of DP in Riccione decided to merge the party into the Communist Refoundation Movement, which became the Communist Refoundation Party.

Election results

Italian Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
Chamber of Deputies
1976	557,025 (#7)	1.5	6 / 630	–	Mario Capanna
1979	did not run	–	0 / 630	–	Mario Capanna
1983	542,039 (#9)	1.5	7 / 630	7	Mario Capanna
1987	641,901 (#11)	1.7	8 / 630	1	Mario Capanna

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
Senate of the Republic
1976	78,170 (#11)	0.3	0 / 315	–	Mario Capanna
1979	did not run	–	0 / 315	–	Mario Capanna
1983	327,750 (#10)	1.1	0 / 315	–	Mario Capanna
1987	493,667 (#11)	1.5	1 / 315	1	Mario Capanna

European Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
European Parliament
1979	252,342 (#10)	0.7	1 / 81	–	Mario Capanna
1984	506,753 (#8)	1.4	1 / 81	–	Mario Capanna
1989	449,639 (#10)	1.3	1 / 81	–	Mario Capanna

References

↑ http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/democrazia-proletaria_%28Dizionario-di-Storia%29/
↑ Gli ultimi Mohicani. Una storia di Democrazia Proletaria, Matteo Pucciarelli, 2011
↑ http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/democrazia-proletaria_%28Dizionario-di-Storia%29/
↑ http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/democrazia-proletaria_%28Dizionario-di-Storia%29/

Historical political parties in Italy

Communist

Communist Party of Italy Italian Communist Party Union of Italian Communists (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Unity Party Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Democracy Movement of Unitarian Communists Movement for the Left Unite the Left Critical Left Party of Italian Communists

Socialist and social-democratic

Green

Green Lists Rainbow Greens Federalist Greens

Social-liberal

Centrist

Populars for Reform Segni Pact Italian Democratic Movement Italian Renewal United Consumers Union for the Republic Pact of Liberal Democrats Southern Democratic Party Middle Italy

Christian-democratic

Conservative-liberal

Liberal Union Economic Party Democratic Union for the New Republic Italian Liberal Party Italian Unionist Movement National Democratic Alliance Liberal Democratic Foundation Liberal Democratic Pole Union of the Centre The Liberals-Sgarbi Forza Italia Liberal Reformers Italian Liberal Right Labour and Freedom List The People of Freedom Future and Freedom

Conservative

Conservative Catholics Combatants' Party Agrarian Party Common Man's Front Italian Democratic Party Monarchist National Party People's Monarchist Party Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity National Democracy National Alliance Movement for Italy I Love Italy

Fascist

Italian Nationalist Association National Fascist Party Republican Fascist Party Italian Social Movement National Front (1967) National Front (1990) National Front (1997) Social Action

Regionalist and Federalist

Slavs and Germans Federalists and Liberal Democrats Federalist Party Federalist Italian League Federal Italy Autonomists for Europe Force of the South

Coalitions of parties

Leftist coalitions	Popular Democratic Front Alliance of Progressives Together with the Union The Left – The Rainbow For the Common Good Anticapitalist and Communist List Federation of the Left Civil Revolution

Centre-left coalitions	Organic Centre-left Socialist Unity Pact of Democrats The Olive Tree The Sunflower United Socialists for Europe The Union Rose in the Fist Italy. Common Good

Centrist coalitions	Pentapartito Pact for Italy White Flower The Clover New Pole for Italy With Monti for Italy European Choice

Centre-right coalitions	National Democratic Union National Bloc Pole of Freedoms Pole of Good Government Pole for Freedoms Segni Pact – National Alliance House of Freedoms The Autonomy

Rightist coalitions	National Blocs National List National Bloc of Freedom Social Alternative The Right–Tricolour Flame

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