Socialist Transformation Quotes
Many hard line communists were very angry with this directive. The Italian communists were major leaders of the anti-Fascism movement and were better armed and organized than other anti-Fascists. They thought that this was a good opportunity, under the guise of anti-fascism to gain control all the other political forces in Italy. Togliatti, in contrast, strove for a national unity movement overthrow the fascist government of Italy without massive death and casualties. His choice of an effort of anti-fascist unity, made the transition relatively bloodless, and was not forgotten by the non-communist, non-fascist Italian politicians. After communism was banned in many of the other Western European governments, Italian political leaders allowed the Communists to be a part of the political system, and while the communists have never been popular enough to form a government, they have been a part of Italian politics ever since.
