Communist Party (Switzerland)
Communist Party | |
|---|---|
| Italian name | Partito Comunista |
| Secretary | Massimiliano Arif Ay |
| Members of the Federal Council | none |
| Founded | May 1944 |
| Split from | Swiss Party of Labour (2014) |
| Headquarters | Via Varenna 66 6600 Locarno (Solduno) |
| Youth wing | Swiss Communist Youth |
| Membership (2018) | 120 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism |
| International affiliation | IMCWP World Anti-Imperialist Platform |
| Colours | Red |
| National Council | 0 / 200 |
| Council of States | 0 / 46 |
| Cantonal legislatures | 2 / 2,559 |
| Website | |
| www.partitocomunista.ch | |
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The Communist Party (Italian: Partito Comunista) is a political party mostly active in Southern Switzerland, Ticino and Grisons. From October 1944 until 2007, it acted as the Ticino section of the Swiss Party of Labour. In 2007, it decided to change its name to the Communist Party. In 2014, the party severed its ties with the Party of Labour. Its headquarters are in Locarno, Ticino.