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Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria
AbbreviationPSIUP
PresidentLelio Basso
General SecretaryTullio Vecchietti
SpokespersonDario Valori
Founded12 January 1964 (1964-01-12)
Dissolved13 July 1972 (1972-07-13)
Split fromItalian Socialist Party
Merged intoItalian Communist Party
HeadquartersRome, Italy
NewspaperMondo nuovo
Membership (1970)200,000[1]
IdeologySocialism[1]
Marxism
Frontism
Factions
Pro-Soviet Union[2]
Pro-Castro[2]
Pro-China[2]
Revolutionary socialism
Libertarian socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
Factions
Far-left[2]
Colours  Red
Party flag

The Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria, PSIUP) was a political party in Italy, active from 1964 to 1972.

History

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The PSIUP was formed on 12 January 1964 by a leftist section of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI).[3] PSIUP had been the PSI's name in 1943–1947. The new PSIUP was led by Tullio Vecchietti. Other leading members were Lelio Basso, Vittorio Foa, Lucio Libertini, Emilio Lussu, Francesco Cacciatore detto Cecchino and Dario Valori. The new party attracted PSI militants who were dissatisfied with the close cooperation between the PSI and the Christian Democracy.[4] Instead, the founders of the PSIUP favoured cooperation with the Italian Communist Party (PCI).

On 13 July 1972, following a disappointing electoral result, the PSIUP split. The majority, led by Libertini, Valori and Vecchietti, joined the PCI. The rightist minority, led by Giuseppe Avolio, Nicola Corretto and Vincenzo Gatto, rejoined the PSI. The leftist minority, led by Foa and Silvano Miniati, continued to work under the name PSIUP, and in December 1972 they established the Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP). A Posadist faction within the PSIUP published the Bollettino della sinistra rivoluzionaria del PSIUP between 1965 and 1967.

Electoral results

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Italian Parliament

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Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1968 1,414,697 (5th) 4.5
23 / 630
–
Tullio Vecchietti
1972 648,591 (8th) 1.9
0 / 630
Decrease 23
Tullio Vecchietti
Senate of the Republic
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1968 into PCI –
13 / 315
–
Tullio Vecchietti
1972 into PCI –
11 / 315
Decrease 2
Tullio Vecchietti

Secretaries

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  • Tullio Vecchietti (January 1964 – September 1971)
  • Dario Valori (October 1971 – July 1972)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Stebbins, Richard Poate; Amoia, Alba (1970). Political Handbook and Atlas of the World, 1970: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations as of September 1, 1969, with Supplementary Data Through January 1, 1970. Simon and Schuster. p. 170. ISBN 0671202111. Retrieved 24 April 2025. Formed in Jan. 1964 as a breakaway Socialist group which opposed participation in the Moro government, the PSIUP has a membership of approximately 200,000.
  2. ^ a b c d Stebbins, Richard Poate; Amoia, Alba (1970). Political Handbook and Atlas of the World, 1970: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations as of September 1, 1969, with Supplementary Data Through January 1, 1970. Simon and Schuster. p. 170. ISBN 0671202111. Retrieved 24 April 2025. At its second congress, held in Dec. 1968, the party enlarged its central com-mittee to include representatives of its extremist pro-Castro, pro-Chinese wing but reiterated its call for alliance with the Communist party and support for Moscow.
  3. ^ Valdo Spini (January–April 1972). "The New Left in Italy". Journal of Contemporary History. 7 (1–2): 56. doi:10.1177/002200947200700103. JSTOR 259757.
  4. ^ Moss, David (1981). "The kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro". European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie / Europäisches Archiv für Soziologie. 22 (2): 265–295. ISSN 0003-9756. JSTOR 23999304.
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