Action Party (Italy)
Action Party Partito d'Azione | |
|---|---|
| President | Carlo Rosselli (1929–1937) Emilio Lussu (1937–1943) Ferruccio Parri (1943–1945) Ugo La Malfa (1945–1946) Ernesto Rossi (1946–1947) |
| Founder(s) | Carlo Rosselli Gaetano Salvemini |
| Founded | 1 July 1929 (as Justice and Freedom) 14 June 1942 (as the Action Party) |
| Dissolved | 25 April 1947 |
| Merged into | Italian Socialist Party (majority) Italian Republican Party (minority) |
| Newspaper | L'Italia Libera |
| Armed wing | Giustizia e Libertà |
| Ideology | Liberal socialism Social liberalism Radicalism Anti-fascism Republicanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | National Liberation Committee |
| Colours | Green |
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The Action Party (Italian: Partito d'Azione, PdA) was a liberal-socialist political party in Italy. The party was anti-fascist and republican. Its prominent leaders were Carlo Rosselli, Ferruccio Parri, Emilio Lussu and Ugo La Malfa. Other prominent members included Leone Ginzburg, Ernesto de Martino, Norberto Bobbio, Riccardo Lombardi, Vittorio Foa and the Nobel-winning poet Eugenio Montale.