Analysis of the Forum of the Radicali Italiani

Abstract

Founded in 1955, the Radicali Italiani, previously called “Partito Radicale,” is an anticlerical, liberal, and anticommunist party that has played an important role in the Italian political system, even if its electoral weight has always been rather modest1 and it has never obtained a top position in the leadership of the country. Its political importance derived from its early perception of the need for a greater social, religious, political, economic, and sexual freedom and from the use of innovative instruments of political action: the radio, nonviolent action, referendum, and more recently the Internet. The most famous battles conducted by the radicals were the referendum campaigns in 1970s in favor of divorce and abortion. Other important combats or battles delivered were in favor of the legalization of drugs, euthanasia, abolition of the death penalty, antimilitarism, feminism, antinuclearism, freedom of sexuality, and abolishment of the public financing of political parties. More recently, in 2005, the Italian Radicals led the referendum campaign in favor of the freedom of research, particularly on stem cells.KeywordsPolitical PartyPersonal AttackOnline ForumPolitical KnowledgeExecutive BoardThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.