Talk:Il manifesto

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A recent Fox News Online article states that Il Manifesto is a 'communist daily.'

Il Manifesto is close to the Communist Party in Italia, for what I know. That said, it would be important to nuance this; as far as I understand, "Communist" is pretty much an insult in the USA, a little bit like "Nazi" (especially in circles where Fox lies, right ?). In Italia, the Communist Party sewered ties with the USSR after the Prague coup; one cannot really compare the Communist Party of Italia to the one of, say, France (which backed up USSR), and even less to the Comunists of USSR, Cuba, China or whatever.

"Communist" is technically correct, but stating it without further explanations to an audiance which is not necessarly informated of this is, say, giving a selective information. Rama 15:00, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Il Manifesto describes itself as a 'quotidiano comunista'. However, it's never been very close to the PCI and was originally founded by 'new left' radical activists in the late 60's. I've made some edits to reflect this. However, I don't think the fact that Americans may get scared by the word 'communist' should stop us using it where appropriate! Palmiro 21:05, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you ! Rama 08:41, 24 July 2005 (UTC)