Giovanni Scuderi

Giovanni Scuderi (born 24 May 1935 in Avola) is an Italian politician and General Secretary of the Italian Marxist–Leninist Party,[1] established by him and others on 10 April 1977 in Florence.

Biography

Scuderi has always had a strong Maoist political commitment. In 1967, along with three other comrades, he joined the Federation of Marxist–Leninist Communists of Italy, but broke in 1968 and joined the Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist), becoming its Provincial Secretary of Florence. He had a clash with Angiolo Gracci that split from the party and then with General Secretary Fosco Dinucci.

In 1969, he established the Italian Bolshevik Communist Organization Marxist–Leninist and Il Bolscevico (The Bolshevik). He was the newspaper's first political director and supported the unity of the Italian Maoists against revisionism of the Italian Communist Party, but his appeals were mainly unheard by the then Italian Marxist–Leninists. In 1977, he established the Italian Marxist–Leninist Party and became its General Secretary.

During his political struggle, he wrote some works and an essay for the International Seminary on Mao Zedong Thought. His works are currently diffused in Italy, Mexico and Ukraine.

Scuderi lives in Florence, where there is the headquarters of the Italian Marxist–Leninist Party.

Controversial views

On 11 October 2015 at the 5th Plenary Session of the 5th Party Central Committee held in Florence, Scuderi affirmed his support for ISIL against the global forces of imperialism.[2]

See also

• Italian Marxist–Leninist Party
• Italian Bolshevik Communist Organization Marxist–Leninist
• Marxism-Leninism
• Maoism

References

1. "Documento Dell'Ufficio Politico Del Partito Marxista-Lennista Italiano" (in Italian). Tiscali. 9 July 2002. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
2. Scuderi, Giovanni (2015-10-15). "Let us support the Islamic State against the imperialist holy alliance". Italian Marxist-Leninist Party. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2020-08-09.