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The Italian road to socialism (it. Via italiana al socialismo) was the ideology and the political practice pursued by the Italian Communist Party, which had its roots in Antonio Gramsci's thought, and was formalized during the VIII Congress in 1956 by the general secretary Palmiro Togliatti.[1][2]
Essentially, the Italian road to socialism involved the recognition and defense of the Republican Constitution, which the communists contributed to draft, and the arrival at socialism also through the institutions. It also implied it was right for Italy to act as a bridge between the United States and the Soviet Union, being autonomous from both.[3]
- ^ "Palmiro Togliatti | Italian Communist Leader & Politician | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "The Italian Road to Socialism – Hobsbawm, Eric With Giorgio Napolitano: 9780882080895 – AbeBooks". www.abebooks.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ Crainz, Guido (2013). Storia della Repubblica: L'Italia dalla Liberazione ad oggi (in Italian). Donzelli. ISBN 9788868434311.