Counter-current (Italy)
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Counter-current is a trotskyist
faction within the Communist Refoundation Party
in Italy
.
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
.
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
faction within the Communist Refoundation Party
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....
in Italy
Italy
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.
The group emerged in 2006 as a split from Communist Project
Communist Project
The Revolutionary Marxist Association – Communist Project , more frequently referred simply as Communist Project, was a Trotskyist faction within the Communist Refoundation Party , a political party in Italy...
, when their leader Marco Ferrando
Marco Ferrando
Marco Ferrando is an Italian Trotskyist activist and politician, the leading member of the AMR Progetto Comunista current in the Movimento per un Partito Comunista dei Lavoratori , and a member of the Co-ordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International.In February 2006, in the...
decided to leave the party in order to form his own Workers' Communist Party
Workers' Communist Party (Italy)
The Italian Communist Workers' Party is a party of the far left. It was created in 2006 by the Trotskyist breakaway wing of the Communist Refoundation Party led by Marco Ferrando ....
. For the 24-27 July 2008 congress the faction formed a common list with The Ernesto
The Ernesto
The Ernesto is a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy.The group emerged as a split from Being Communists in February 2007 and took the name from L'Ernesto, a communist publication...
, another minority faction, and obtained 7.7% of the delegates. In that occasion they supported the election of Paolo Ferrero
Paolo Ferrero
Paolo Ferrero is an Italian politician, member of the Communist Refoundation Party and former Italian Minister of Social Solidarity in the Prodi II Cabinet.-Career:...
, leader of the Refoundation in Movement
Refoundation in Movement
Refoundation in Movement is a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy.In April 2008, following the severe defeat of the party in the 2008 general election, a group of former Bertinottiani, composed basically of former members of Proletarian Democracy and led by Paolo Ferrero and...
-Being Communists
Being Communists
Being Communists is a faction within the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy, formed basically of former followers of Armando Cossutta, who left the party in 1998 to form the Party of Italian 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
Committee for a Workers' International
The Committee for a Workers' International is an international association of Trotskyist parties. Members include the Socialist Party of England and Wales, the Socialist Party , the Socialist Party the Democratic Socialist Movement in South Africa and Nigeria and groups using the name Socialist...
.