The Communist Party of Italy endence on the Kremlin.
For thirty years the leading role in successive Italian governments h been played by the Christian Dem During this time they have la gely ruled in coalition.
The centre-left' coalitions of th 1960s and "70s marked a concessic to the radicalisation of the Italian working class through the inclusio of the Socialist Party. Buttl project has collapsed as a result of the failure of such coalitions to ma the working class pay for the cost the worsening economic crisis of t Italian capitalist class First signs The first real signs of a dramati spurt in support for the Commun Party came with their success in t regional elections last June. This 'taste and try before buying'. In many areas the Communists ran e clusively on the grounds that the had 'clean hands' - that they wer not part of the web of corruption that encompasses Italian political life, and that they could therefore run things more efficiently.
The Christian Democrats and t lesser extent their partners in the ious centre-left coalitions were th main target for this clean up can paign. The irony of the growing s port for the Communist Party is t they now propose the rehabilitati of the centre-left formula -but v themselves included.
The name given to this strategy the historic compromise. The a is an alliance with the Christian D ocrats, the main party of the bou oisie.
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