The Communist Party () is a political party mostly active in Southern Switzerland,
Ticino
Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...
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Grisons
The Grisons (; ) or Graubünden (),Names include:
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. From October 1944 until 2007, it acted as the Ticino section of the
Swiss Party of Labour
The Swiss Party of Labour (; ; ; ) is a communist party in Switzerland.
History
The party was founded in 1944 by the illegal Communist Party of Switzerland. On 21 May, the constituent conference of the Basel Federation of the party was held. ...
. In 2007, it decided to change its name to the Communist Party. In 2014, the party severed its ties with the Party of Labour. Its headquarters are in
Locarno
Locarno (; ; Ticinese dialect, Ticinese: ; formerly in ) is a southern Switzerland, Swiss List of towns in Switzerland, town and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district Locarno (district), Locarno (of which it is the capita ...
, Ticino.
History
In 2014, the party stopped its collaboration with the Swiss Party of Labour after 70 years of affiliation. The cantonal party renamed itself, and is now mainly active in the canton of Ticino and in the canton of Grisons, with cells in Geneva and in other cities. The current General Secretary is Massimiliano Arif Ay, elected in 2009. It gained one seat in Ticino's parliament in 2015, and increased its seat count to 2 in 2019.
Youth wing
The Swiss Communist Youth is the youth wing of the Communist Party. Its General Secretary is Luca Frei.
References
External links
Official website (Italian)
Communism in Switzerland
Communist parties in Switzerland
Political parties in Switzerland
Ticino
Regionalist parties
Anti-imperialism in Europe
Anti-imperialist organizations
Political parties established in 1944
1944 establishments in Switzerland
Far-left political parties
Pacifism in Switzerland
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