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A new era for the Istalian left?

PSD takes the lead in the "Civil Aurora Movement" and the entire progressive area is rallying around new, strongly shared themes

March 5647

ROMULA – The tragic death of the 19-year-old girl following a clandestine abortion has lit a fire that had apparently been smoldering under the ashes of Istalian society for some time: that of a social revolution. The new generations, supported by large sections of civil society, have taken to the streets across the country, giving life to the "Civil Aurora Movement", the popular mobilization that is forcefully demanding a clear and definitive change in national policies regarding civil rights, LGBT+ rights and women's rights.

In this context, the Democratic Socialist Party has decided to take a strong and clear position, placing itself at the forefront of change. The last National Congress of the party, convened following the withdrawal of Annalisa Saragat, marked a real turning point. The party’s far left-wing has emerged as the majority current and a new generation of leaders, determined to modernize society and break the paternalistic tradition still rooted in the country, has taken the helm.

Leading this transformation today is the new National Secretary Fabrizio Moccia, former Regional Party Secretary in Nicoma already President of the Region during the previous legislature, and the charismatic Chiara Crocetta, new group leader at the National Congress, known for her activism and for being one of the movement’s leading figures, an openly homosexual politician and the first to hold a veritable leading role in the PSD.

But the turning point is not only social. The new PSD's leadership has promoted a renewed ideological openness, closing ranks with the Greens and New Communists to relaunch a united progressive coalition, but not only on the field of rights and freedoms. A fertile debate on economic issues is consolidating, fueled by new theoretical models of socialist origin, more compatible with a democratic and participatory market economy, that are finally emerging as matter of reflection and debates. The intellectual contributions of economists such as Alberto Gelli (“Economic Democracy beyond Metzism” edited by La filiera), Comparative Economy full professor at the Faculty of Economics at Milona's University of "La Velara", and Caterina De Angelis (with her essey “Simulations of Diffused Property and Participatory Economy in the Free Market”), professor of economics at the University of Catambert, are beginning to finding an echo in academia and left-wing political circles, now that the left is experiencing a phase of reflection in search of a renovated ideological framework in which to operate, driven by the social and political ferment that has been growing in recent years. International experiences, such as the recent reforming period in Xsampa, have strengthened the will to experiment with new economic models for Istalia, updated and rooted in democracy.

The memory of this new left is also going back to another season of ferment: that of the Socialist Republic of Istalia before the authoritarian drift, under which a lively debate on democratic socialism and new and original economic models had already opened. The 5531's essay “A different socialism for Istalia?” by at the time economist and member of the General Congress Pasquale Cirioli, today rediscovered by the younger generation as one of the precursors of a more modern vision of the left, is often cited as a reminder of this.

The progressive field and the activism of the “Movimento dei Diritti” are also bringing back to the center of public debate the memory of an Istalia that was, an Istalia that, precisely in the moments of maximum splendor of its history, knew how to stand as a bastion of freedom and civil, personal and social rights. An Istalia decidedly more open and tolerant than the current one, the activists denounce, a homeland to be proud of, the best Istalia, the one that dominated the international panorama in terms of freedom and that was a global beacon of democracy, justice and tolerance. This is, the promoters of the protest and the parties that support them strongly argue, the model to be recovered, because there is no true democracy if there is not full and unconditional participation of all its members, if individual freedoms, in particular those of minorities, are not protected, guaranteed and expressed without prejudice or discrimination.

In the meantime, the mending work with the Greens is producing results: the new socialist generation is proving to be more sensitive to environmental emergencies and willing to build a common platform. There is also great commitment among the New Communists to overcome the differences with the Greens, with the aim to define a shared language and a strategic agenda capable of concretely addressing the country's problems.

A renowed progressive coalition is therefore taking shape, ready to present itself united in the next elections, with an ambitious program: to unite the demands of the "Civil Aurora Movement" with a sustainable development project and a more equitable, participatory and democratic economic model.

What seemed like a moment of deep crisis for the national political system and for the left is turning into an opportunity for regeneration. For the PSD, and for the Istalian left, a new phase si opening, perhaps destined to mark the decades to come.