Front of Communist Youth explained

Front of Communist Youth
Native Name:Fronte della Gioventù Comunista
Colorcode:
  1. F0003D
Secretary General:Lorenzo Lang
Founded:10 June 2012
Membership:1,500 (2020)
Ideology:Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-fascism
Hard Euroscepticism
Colours:Red
Mother Party:Communist Party (2016-2020)
Communist Front (since 2021)
International:WFDY
Regional1 Type:European
Regional1 Name:Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations
Newspaper:Avanguardia
Magazine:Senza Tregua (Senzatregua.it)
Website:Gioventucomunista.it

The Front of Communist Youth (Italian: Fronte della Gioventù Comunista, FGC) is a Marxist–Leninist youth organization founded in 2012. It defines itself as "a revolutionary organization of young workers, students, and workless youth that struggles against capitalism, to build a socialist society".[1] The FGC consisted of around 1,500 members as of 2020 and participates in student elections and political actions across Italy.[2]

The FGC assumes a revolutionary program and bases its ideology on Marxism–Leninism. It aims to abolish capitalism and to transform Italy into a socialist state. It draws inspiration from real socialism, particularly the Soviet Union before Khrushchev. The FGC also claims the necessity for Italy of a unilateral exit from EU and NATO.

In 2015, the FGC became a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.[3]

On March 12, 2020, the Front of Communist Youth split from Italy's Communist Party, of which it had been affiliated since 2016. The FGC accused Marco Rizzo, the Party's General Secretary, of "individualism" and "opportunism", and left due to organizational and political differences.

The Front of Communist Youth joined the Communist Front (Italy) in 2021 after splitting from the Communist Party in 2020.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chi siamo | Fronte della Gioventù Comunista. gioventucomunista.it. 15 September 2017. 15 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170915053436/http://www.gioventucomunista.it/pagina-di-esempio/. dead.
  2. Web site: 2020-06-27. "Ambiguo e amico dei leghisti", la giovanile comunista abbandona Rizzo. 2020-09-04. la Repubblica. it.
  3. Web site: Il FGC entra ufficialmente nel WFDY | Fronte della Gioventù Comunista. gioventucomunista.it. 15 September 2017.