The Front of Communist Youth (, FGC) is a Marxist–Leninist youth organization founded in 2012. It defines itself as "''a revolutionary organization of young workers, students, and workless youth that struggles against capitalism, to build a socialist society"''. The FGC consisted of around 1,500 members as of 2020 and participates in student elections and political actions across Italy. The FGC assumes a revolutionary program and bases its ideology on

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. It aims to abolish capitalism and to transform Italy into a socialist state. It draws inspiration from

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, particularly the

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before

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. The FGC also claims the necessity for Italy of a unilateral exit from EU and

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. In 2015, the FGC became a member of the

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. On March 12, 2020, the Front of Communist Youth split from Italy's Communist Party, of which it had been affiliated since 2016. The FGC accused

Marco Rizzo Marco Rizzo (born 12 October 1959 in Turin) is an Italian politician, who served as leader of the Communist Party (PC) from 2009 to 2023, and as leader of Sovereign and Popular Italy in 2022. Biography A graduate in political science in 1985, ...

, the Party's General Secretary, of "individualism" and "opportunism", and left due to organizational and political differences. The Front of Communist Youth joined the

Communist Front (Italy) The Communist Front () is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Italy that was founded in 2020. Its stated purpose is to ''"play a role in the regrouping and unification of revolutionary forces into a communist party that is strong, consiste ...

in 2021 after splitting from the Communist Party in 2020.

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External links

Official site

''Senza Tregua'' – official site
Youth wings of political parties in Italy Youth wings of communist parties