Countercurrent (PRC faction, Italy)
| Countercurrent | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Genoa, Italy |
| Newspaper |
Resistenze (Resistance) |
| Ideology |
Trotskyism Socialism Marxism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Committee for a Workers' International |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
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Politics of Italy Political parties Elections | |
Countercurrent (Italian: Controcorrente) is a small, italian, trotskyist political party. It used to be a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party.
The group emerged in 2006 as a split from Communist Project, when their leader Marco Ferrando decided to leave the party in order to form his own Workers' Communist Party. For the 24-27 July 2008 congress the faction formed a common list with The Ernesto, another minority faction, and obtained 7.7% of the delegates. In that occasion they supported the election of Paolo Ferrero, leader of the Refoundation in Movement-Being Communists motion, as party secretary, thus joining for the first time the majority of the party.
In 2010 the faction embraced the Committee for a Workers' International.[1]
In 2013, the party was the most important promoter of the massive Genoa Public Transportation Strike, that went on for a week and was considered the biggest non-general strike of the year.