The Extreme
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Historical Far Left
Estrema Sinistra Storica |
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| Historical leaders |
Agostino Bertani Felice Cavallotti Andrea Costa Filippo Turati Ettore Sacchi |
| Founded | 4 November 1867 |
| Dissolved | 27 May 1904 |
| Preceded by | Action Party |
| Succeeded by | Radical Party |
| Headquarters | Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome |
| Ideology |
Republicanism Radicalism Socialism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
The Historical Far Left (Italian: Estrema Sinistra Storica), originally known as Far Left (Italian: Estrema Sinistra), Radical Extreme (Italian: Estrema Radicale), simply The Extreme (Italian: L'Estrema), or Party of Democracy (Italian: Partito della Democrazia), was a parliamentary group and coalition of Radical, Republican, and Socialist politicians in Italy during the second half of the 19th century.
Formerly known as the extreme wing of the Historical Left before the unification of Italy, it became a separate group when the latter accepted the leadership of the House of Savoy to build the new Italian State.
The Historical Far Left was founded in 1877 by Agostino Bertani and Felice Cavallotti as a radical-liberal party. In 1882 the Radicals formed a "far left" parliamentary group with Andrea Costa, the first Socialist to be elected to the Italian Parliament. The PR supported complete separation of church and state, decentralization toward municipal governments, the United States of Europe according to Carlo Cattaneo's beliefs, progressive taxation, an independent judiciary, free and compulsory education for children, universal suffrage, women's and workers' rights, while opposing capital punishment, as well as any kind of protectionism, nationalism, imperialism and colonialism.
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