Anticolonialismo e antimperialismo nel Partito comunista d’Italia

Drawing on archival documentation, party press, and propaganda, the article revisits the theoretical debate and political positioning of the Communist Party of Italy in the anti-colonial struggle. The essay follows the conventional periodization of international communist history: from the party’s origins to the Sixth Congress of the Third International; the years of the «turn» and the controversy over «social fascism»; and the era of Popular Fronts. This analysis reveals both continuities and specificities. The attempt to connect Anti-Fascism and Anti-Colonialism – an alignment far from guaranteed within international communism – shaped both the party’s ideological development and the personal trajectories of Italian communists. Lastly, the article explores the Pci anti-racist stance in relation to the materialist and internationalist foundations of communist political culture.