Communists of a different kind: the pro-Yugoslav trend in Italy (1948-1962)

Abstract

The article aimes to present an overview of the Yugoslavian political influence in Italy from the expulsion from the Cominform till the final discharge of the pro-Yugoslavian Italian party Unione socialista indipendente. The authors based the preparation of the article on the outcomes of the Italian and post-Yugoslavian historiography and in particular on former Yugoslav archive documents. The so far developed researches about the topic have been driven by a special attention on the two members of parliament of the Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano) Aldo Cucchi and Valdo Magnani that were expelled from their party and basically supported and funded by the Yugoslavian government. Starting from that, the current work provides a broader overview of the actions that Yugoslavia engaged in Italy and it wants also to reach a final evaluation.