Critical Left Sinistra Critica
Spokespersons	Franco Turigliatto Flavia D'Angeli Piero Maestri
Founded	8 December 2007 (as a political party)
Dissolved	30 July 2013
Split from	Communist Refoundation Party
Headquarters	Circonvallazione Casilina, 72-74 Rome
Newspaper	Erre
Membership	1.200
Ideology	Anti-Stalinism Communism Trotskyism
Political position	Far-left
European affiliation	European Anticapitalist Left
International affiliation	Fourth International
Coalition	Stand-alone
Colors	Red
Website
sinistracritica.org
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Critical Left (Italian: Sinistra Critica, SC) was a communist and Trotskyist political party in Italy, affiliated to the Fourth International.

History

Originally a Trotskyist faction within the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), it broke ranks on 8 December 2007 to become an independent political party.^[1] From 2006 to 2008, SC had deputy Salvatore Cannavò and senator Franco Turigliatto who voted consistently against the Prodi II Cabinet and the latter was responsible of the first major crisis of the government on 22 February 2007.^[2] After this, Turigliatto was expelled from the PRC in March.^[3] In the 2008 general election, SC (890 members) ran its own lists and Flavia D'Angeli was chosen as candidate for Prime Minister of the party. In the election, SC gained 0.5% of the national vote.

SC dissolved in July 2013 and agreed to separate into two groupings which would each try out their different approaches, with the first grouping formed a new party called Anticapitalist Left while the second founded Internationalist Solidarity, a political association uninvolved in direct elections.^[4][5][6]

Leadership

• Spokespersons: Salvatore Cannavò (2007–2009), Flavia D'Angeli (2008–present), Franco Turigliatto (2009–present) and Piero Maestri (2009–2013)

Electoral results

Parliament

Chamber of Deputies

Senate