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Communist Party of Italy

Organization in the archive

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Chronology

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Sources

Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.

  1. Source Work: Gramsci, Selections from Political Writings (1921-1926) Antonio Gramsci; Quintin Hoare, translator and editor. 1978.
  2. Gramsci group letter, 9 February 1924 Antonio Gramsci. 1924-02-09.
  3. Fondazione Gramsci chronology for Antonio Gramsci Fondazione Gramsci. 2026-08-16 access.
  4. Bordiga Fourth Congress speech, 11 November 1922 Amadeo Bordiga. 1922-11-11.
  5. Fondazione Gramsci: Archivio Felice Platone
  6. ANPI: Giovanni Parodi Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia.
  7. Polo del Novecento: Battista Santhià authority record Polo del '900.
Complete existing research record

1923-1924 leadership-record relevance

Research Memo: PCd'I Leadership Records, 1923-1924 distinguishes the Italian Commission, full ECCI plenum, party Central Committee, Executive, and secretariat office.

1922-24 research profile

Type: Political party

The parent party. Membership, current, committee office, Executive office, and formal secretary are modeled separately.

Modeling rule

Record dated office, representation, alignment, criticism, nonparticipation, and vote support separately. Shared membership is not proof of agreement.

Research Memo: Gramsci and Bordiga, 1922-1924

Why this organization matters

Founded at Livorno in January 1921. Gramsci was a co-founder and later central leader while debating party strategy, united-front work, and alliances.

Verification boundary

This record represents documented organization, unit, affiliation, or employment context. It does not by itself establish ideological adoption, control, or influence.

Opening Journey research profile

Type: Political party

Founded at Livorno on 21 January 1921 as a section of the Communist International. Its central committee, executive, press, commissions, and currents changed over time.

Geography

Founded at Teatro San Marco, Livorno; later national centers including Rome and clandestine networks.

Modeling rule

Record dated membership, office, participation, affiliation, disagreement, and institutional action separately. Shared membership is important evidence but is not proof of agreement, coordination, or influence.

Research memo: Research Memo: Gramsci's Pre-Prison Network

Role in the publication process

Type: Political party, named PCI after 1943

Its secretariat created the commission to prepare Gramsci's writings and appointed Platone secretary. This institutional act does not prove a party order for every omission.

Sources and limits

Research Memo: Gramsci Thematic Edition Governance, 1948-1951 provides human-readable citations, corpus and archive locators, confidence, conflicts, and missing records.

Evidence basis

Research Memo: Gramsci Before Prison

Sources