La resistibile ascesa verso l’unificazione. L’incontro tra il Pdup e «il manifesto»

• Main Author: Antonio Lenzi è laureato in Scienze Politiche a Firenze. Attualmente sta concludendo il dottorato di ricerca in Storia dei partiti e dei movimenti politici presso l’Università degli Studi di Urbino.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Diacronie 2012-01-01
• Series: Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
• Subjects: Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP); Proletarian Unity Party (PDUP); Manifesto’s group; ’70s; extraparliamentary left; Partito socialista italiano di unità proletaria (PSIUP); Partito di unità proletaria (PDUP); il manifesto; anni ’70; sinistra extraparlamentare
• Online Access: http://www.studistorici.com/2012/02/13/lenzi_numero_9/

The Psiup is a party that still needs to be studied. Even more it is true for its heir, the Pdup, born from the choice of some executives, such as Foa, Miniati, Ferraris, to refuse the confluence in the Pci or Psi when Psiup dissolved, after its electoral defeat in 1972. In this contribution we will analyse the events that will bring to the rise of Pdup, its meeting with the Manifesto’s group – as much disappointed by its electoral performance – and the first steps towards their unification.