Community Movement

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Community Movement
Movimento Comunità
Leader Adriano Olivetti
Founded1947
Dissolved1961
NewspaperComunità
Ideology Liberal socialism
Fabianism
Federalism
Political position Centre-left

The Community Movement was an Italian political organization founded by Piedmontese progressive entrepreneur Adriano Olivetti in 1947. [1]

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Olivetti had previously established a cultural group, which only subsequently began a political activity at local level, entering in municipal and provincial elections. The Community fought against particracy and Jacobin centralism, aiming to replace them with a federal union of local communities. The movement tried to merge both liberal and socialist ideas, opposing both conservatives and communists.

The movement successfully engaged the 1958 general election, Olivetti becoming MP for Piedmont, but the history of Community was dramatically stopped in 1960 when its founder died of heart failure.

Community's political ideas disappeared from Italian political debate for thirty years and its only MP, professor Franco Ferrarotti, joined the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

ElectionVotes%SeatsLeader
1958 173,227 (#10)0.59
1 / 596

Senate

ElectionVotes%SeatsLeader
1958 142,897 (#10)0.55
0 / 246

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