Words for Being and Acting: The pci and Its History

Abstract

Starting from a personal intellectual and political militant position in the Italian Communist Party (pci), this contribution addresses some of the criticisms of the pci on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding. The text offers an insight into the relationship between the party, its political strategy and the action of each communist militant. It stresses the relevance of the language developed within the pci and its importance as a direct expression of a way of being, thinking, communicating and acting as a ‘communist’, as well as the need to return to the revolutionary passion that was masterfully expressed in the young Gramsci’s writing style and form of thought.