Critical Left

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Critical Left
Sinistra Critica
Spokespersons Franco Turigliatto
Flavia D'Angeli
Piero Maestri
Founded8 December 2007
(as a political party)
Dissolved30 July 2013
Split from Communist Refoundation Party
HeadquartersCirconvallazione Casilina, 72-74
Rome
NewspaperErre
Membership1.200
Ideology Anti-Stalinism
Communism
Trotskyism
Political position Far-left
European affiliation European Anticapitalist Left
International affiliation Fourth International
CoalitionStand-alone
Colors  Red
Website
sinistracritica.org

Critical Left (Italian : Sinistra Critica, SC) was a communist and Trotskyist political party in Italy, affiliated to the Fourth International.

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History

Originally a Trotskyist faction within the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), it broke ranks on 8 December 2007 to become an independent political party. [1] From 2006 to 2008, SC had deputy Salvatore Cannavò and senator Franco Turigliatto who voted consistently against the Prodi II Cabinet and the latter was responsible of the first major crisis of the government on 22 February 2007. [2] After this, Turigliatto was expelled from the PRC in March. [3] In the 2008 general election, SC (890 members) ran its own lists and Flavia D'Angeli was chosen as candidate for Prime Minister of the party. In the election, SC gained 0.5% of the national vote.

SC dissolved in July 2013 and agreed to separate into two groupings which would each try out their different approaches, with the first grouping formed a new party called Anticapitalist Left while the second founded Internationalist Solidarity, a political association uninvolved in direct elections. [4] [5] [6]

Leadership

Electoral results

Parliament

Chamber of Deputies

Election yearNo. of overall votes% of overall voteNo. of overall seats won+/-Notes
2008 168,9160.5
0 / 630

Senate

Election yearNo. of overall votes% of overall voteNo. of overall seats won+/-Notes
2008 136.3960.4
0 / 322

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