Civil Revolution Explained

Country:	Italy
Native Name:	Rivoluzione Civile
Civil Revolution
Leader1 Title:	President
Leader1 Name:	Antonio Ingroia
Foundation:	29 December 2012
Dissolution:	2 April 2013
Headquarters:	Via Marche 72 00187 Rome
Ideology:	Anti-corruption^[1] Left-wing populism Internal factions: Communism Green politics Hard Euroscepticism
Position:	Left-wing
Colours:	Red, Orange

Civil Revolution (Italian: Rivoluzione Civile, RC) was a left-wing coalition of political parties in Italy.

The coalition was headed by Antonio Ingroia, a former anti-mafia prosecutor of Palermo from 1992 to 2012 and then director of a UN investigation into illegal drug trade in Guatemala in 2012.

The foundation of RC was preceded by the manifesto Io ci sto, presented by Ingroia on 21 December in Rome. Among the signatories of this appeal were Franco Battiato, Fiorella Mannoia, Luigi de Magistris, Leoluca Orlando, Milly Moratti, Massimiliano Bruno, Max Paiella, Sabina Guzzanti, Vauro and Enrico Fierro.^[2] The coalition had an anti-corruption platform.^[3]

In the 2013 general election the party obtained 2.2% of the vote, returning no seats in the Italian Parliament.^{[3] [4]}

Soon after RC was dissolved on 2 April 2013,^[3] Ingroia launched a new party named Civil Action (Italian: Azione Civile).^[5]

Overview

Civil Revolution was founded on 29 December 2012 in Rome by Ingroia and the following parties:^[6]

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Italy of Values (IdV)	Anti-corruption	Antonio Di Pietro
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	Communism	Paolo Ferrero
	Party of Italian Communists (PdCI)	Communism	Oliviero Diliberto
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)	Green politics	Angelo Bonelli
	The Network 2018 (LR2018)	Anti-corruption	Leoluca Orlando
	Orange Movement (MA)	Anti-corruption	Luigi de Magistris

Subsequently, the following parties and organizations joined RC:

• Red Diaries (Agende Rosse - Anti-mafia politics), led by Salvatore Borsellino;^[7]
• We Can Change (Cambiare Si Può, CSP - Left-wing appeal), led by Livio Pepino, Marco Revelli and Chiara Sasso;^[8]
• Ecologists and Civic Networks (Ecologisti e Reti Civiche - Green coalition), led by Bonelli and Mary Luppino, including:
  • Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi);
  • We Have a Dream (Abbiamo un Sogno);
  • Ecologist Constituent Assembly (Costituente Ecologista);
  • Mayors of Good Administration (Sindaci della Buona Amministrazione);^[9]
• New Action Party (Nuovo Partito d'Azione, NPA - Social liberalism), led by Giuseppe Antonio Quartana;^{[10] [11]}
• Purple People (Popolo Viola - Activism), led by Massimo Malerba.
• Party of the South (Partito del Sud - Southernism), led by Beppe De Santis.^[12]

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year	of overall votes	% of overall vote	of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
2013	765,172	2.25			Antonio Ingroia

Senate
Election year	of overall votes	% of overall vote	of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
2013	549,987	1.79			Antonio Ingroia

Leadership

• President: Antonio Ingroia (2012–2013)

External links

• Civil Revolution official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy. Parties and Elections in Europe. Wolfram. Nordsieck. 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131207031329/http://parties-and-elections.eu/italy.html. 7 December 2013. 20 April 2019. dead.
2. Web site: Manifesto Io ci sto. 2012-12-21. Revoluzione Civile. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20130506040448/http://www.rivoluzionecivile.it/manifesto-io-ci-sto/. 2013-05-06. dead. 2014-07-15.
3. Book: Tom Lansford. Political Handbook of the World 2014. 8 April 2014. SAGE Publications. 978-1-4833-3327-4. 711.
4. Web site: Elezioni 2014. eligendo. Ministero dell'Interno. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20140706215020/http://elezioni.interno.it/. 2014-07-06. dead. 2014-07-15.
5. Web site: Ingroia scioglie "Rivoluzione Civile" e riparte da «Azione Civile. 2013-05-02. Corriere Della Sera. Italian. 2014-07-15.
6. Web site: Ingroia, ecco lo Statuto. Cucciniello. Cristina. 2013-02-01. L'Espresso. la Repubblica.it. it. 2014-07-15.
7. Web site: Salvatore Borsellino alla presentazione di Rivoluzione Civile a Palermo. 2013-01-25. YouTube. Italian. Video. 2014-07-15.
8. Web site: INGROIA E CAMBIARE SI PUO': SCELTA NO TAV E SPAZIO ALLA SOCIETA' CIVILE. 2013-01-08. Cambiare #Sipuò. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513044154/http://www.cambiaresipuo.net/ingroia-e-cambiare-si-puo-scelta-no-tav-e-spazio-alla-societa-civile/. 2013-05-13. dead. 2018-01-06.
9. Web site: ANCHE NOI ECOCIVICI E VERDI EUROPEI CI STIAMO!. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20130126082328/http://www.ecologistiecivici.it/primo-piano/item/8330-ecologisti-verdi-ecocivici-rivoluzione-civile-ingroia-elezioni-2013.html. January 26, 2013. dead. February 19, 2013.
10. Web site: Anche Il Nuovo Partito D'Azione Entra Nella Coalizione 'Rivoluzione Civile'. 2013-01-22. Orangeforum.forumfree.it. Italian. 2014-07-15.
11. Web site: Tre leader in corsa e 2 outsider, fine sfida Berlusconi-sinistra. 2013-01-30. TM News. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720040220/http://www.tmnews.it/web/sezioni/top10/20130130_172125.shtml. 2014-07-20. dead. 2014-07-15.
12. http://www.partitodelsud.eu/organigramma/chisiamo.html CHI SIAMO