Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity

Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria

President	Lelio Basso
General Secretary	Tullio Vecchietti
Spokesperson	Dario Valori
Founded	January 12, 1964 (1964-01-12)
Dissolved	July 13, 1972 (1972-07-13)
Split from	Italian Socialist Party
Merged into	Proletarian Unity Party
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Newspaper	Bollettino del PSIUP
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Red
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The Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria, PSIUP), was a political party in Italy from 1964 to 1972.

History

The PSIUP was formed on 12 January 1964 by a leftist section of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). 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. 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, continues 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

Italian Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
Chamber of Deputies
1968	1,414,697 (#5)	4.5	23 / 630	–	Lelio Basso
1972	648,591 (#8)	1.9	0 / 630	23	Lelio Basso

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
Senate of the Republic
1968	with Communists	–	13 / 315	–	Lelio Basso
1972	with Communists	–	11 / 315	2	Lelio Basso

Secretaries

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

External links

Lelio Basso, The Italian Left, "Socialist Register", 1966.

Historical political parties in Italy

Communist

Communist Party of Italy Italian Communist Party Union of Italian Communists (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Unity Party Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Democracy Movement of Unitarian Communists Movement for the Left Unite the Left Critical Left Party of Italian Communists

Socialist and social-democratic

Green

Green Lists Rainbow Greens Federalist Greens

Centrist

Populars for Reform Segni Pact Italian Democratic Movement Italian Renewal United Consumers Union for the Republic Pact of Liberal Democrats Southern Democratic Party Middle Italy

Christian-democratic

Conservative-liberal

Liberal Union Economic Party Democratic Union for the New Republic Italian Liberal Party Italian Unionist Movement National Democratic Alliance Liberal Democratic Foundation Liberal Democratic Pole Union of the Centre The Liberals-Sgarbi Forza Italia Liberal Reformers Italian Liberal Right Labour and Freedom List The People of Freedom Future and Freedom

Conservative

Conservative Catholics Combatants' Party Agrarian Party Common Man's Front Italian Democratic Party Monarchist National Party People's Monarchist Party Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity National Democracy National Alliance Movement for Italy I Love Italy

Fascist

Italian Nationalist Association National Fascist Party Republican Fascist Party Italian Social Movement National Front (1967) National Front (1990) National Front (1997) Social Action

Regionalist and Federalist

Slavs and Germans Federalists and Liberal Democrats Federalist Party Federalist Italian League Federal Italy Autonomists for Europe Force of the South

Coalitions of parties

Leftist coalitions	Popular Democratic Front Alliance of Progressives Together with the Union The Left – The Rainbow For the Common Good Anticapitalist and Communist List Federation of the Left Civil Revolution

Centre-left coalitions	Organic Centre-left Socialist Unity Pact of Democrats The Olive Tree The Sunflower United Socialists for Europe The Union Rose in the Fist Italy. Common Good

Centrist coalitions	Centrism Pentapartito Pact for Italy White Flower The Clover New Pole for Italy With Monti for Italy European Choice

Centre-right coalitions	National Democratic Union National Bloc Pole of Freedoms Pole of Good Government Pole for Freedoms Segni Pact – National Alliance House of Freedoms The Autonomy

Rightist coalitions	National Blocs National List National Bloc of Freedom Social Alternative The Right–Tricolour Flame

Mixed coalitions	Historic Compromise Grand Coalition

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