Youth Federation of Italian Communists

Youth Federation of Italian Communists
Youth Federation of Italian Communists; Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani
Founded	12 December 2004
Ideology	Communism
International affiliation	World Federation of Democratic Youth
Colours	Red
Website
	www.fgci.it
	Politics of Italy ; Political parties ; Elections ;

Last updated March 01, 2019

The Youth Federation of Italian Communists (Italian : Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani, or FGCI) was the youth wing of the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI). Internationally, it is part of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.

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Party of Italian Communists political party

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Composition and activities

Members of the PCI of between 14 and 29 years of age automatically become members of FGCI. It is centred on Marxism, the Italian Resistance, and the subjects of peace, rights, the environment, work and education.

The new Federazione Giovanile Comunisti Italiani, although already locally organised in several locations throughout Italy by 31 July 1999, was officially constituted during its first national conference between 11 and il 12 December 2004 a Fiuggi (FR), at which Francesco Francescaglia was elected its national co-ordinator, in place of Alessandro Pignatiello, and was given national coordination and direction. The name, as for the PdCI, was selected to mirror in its acronym the heritage of the Italian Communist Party dissolved in 1991, as in Italian the old Italian Communist Youth Federation was also shortened as FGCI.

The Italian Communist Youth Federation was the youth wing of the Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI), and the direct heir of the Federazione Giovanile Comunista d'Italia of the PCd'I.

In July 2001 it protested at the G8 summit in Genoa within the Genoa Social Forum.^[1] In the course of 2006 the federation saw its membership rise to 6000, with a solid presence in almost every area of Italy. At its national conference in 2007, Francesco Francescaglia left office to join the adult Communist party, and Riccardo Messina was elected to replace him.

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The Genoa Social Forum is a coalition of movements, political parties and societies opposed to capitalist globalisation. It was created in 2000, a year before the scheduled 27th G8 summit in Genoa in 2001, and included several associations - and hundreds of smaller ones - largely but not solely from Italy. Although it made several requests to meet the institutional representatives, as a forerunner of a counter-forum, on June 24, 2001 they were met by police chief Gianni De Gennaro. Its national spokesperson was Vittorio Agnoletto, former MEP for the Communist Refoundation Party.

National coordination committee

Riccardo Messina: National Coordinator.
Flavio Arzarello: Organisation.
Lucia Ioime: Schools and movements.
Giordano Otello Marilli: Foreign relations, culture and training.
Elisa Mariotti: Work and nurseries.
Valerio Nicolosi: Social politics, migrants and anti-prohibition.
Stefano Perri: Anti-mafia, communication, national affairs, environment.
Francesca Ricci: Direct responsibilities.
Francesca Scarpato: Universities.

National conferences

I^a Conference - Fiuggi (FR), 11–12 December 2004
II^a Conference - Fiuggi (FR), 1-2–3 June 2007 - Resistenza Attiva

National coordinators

Alessandro Pignatiello (31 July 1999 - 24 April 2004), with national responsibility
Francesco Francescaglia (24 April 2004 - 3 June 2007), with national responsibility up until 12 December 2004
Riccardo Messina (3 June 2007 – present)

Associated organisations

Resistenza Studentesca student association

The Federazione also collaborates with UDS, ReDS and Unione degli Universitari.

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