Italian Socialist Party organization
also: the socialists, the other party, pro-communist socialists, Italian Communist Party
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Claims (6)
Salvador Allende founded
Italian Socialist Party book_quoted
“Another presidential election was quickly coming up. Suddenly, Washington saw CIA political action as a necessity. The opposition would be formidable. Salvador Allende was a very prominent person. He had studied medicine and loved politics.…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 29:11
Francisco Franco member_of
Italian Socialist Party documented
“Friedrich Engels and Friedrich Engels. From the time on, he considered himself a man of the left. As one of the few lawyers in the Northeast who would represent the poor, the young man nicknamed Francesco Giulia built a following and went t…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 26:13
Hans Obrecht headed
Italian Socialist Party documented
“former president of the Swiss Socialist Party, Italo Velianzi, founder and first secretary of an Italian labor union, UIL, Bruno Storti, who was the Christian Democrat politician, secretary general of the Labor Confederation of Italy.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner - Transnational Anti Communism & Cold War Part 4 @ 48:25
Soviet Union set_up
Italian Socialist Party guest_asserted
“set up the PCI, the Italian Communist Party, which gained political control of almost every city within Italy, including the so-called, what once was the Kingdom of Sicily. And in those elections, the subsequent elections from 1945 to 1947 …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Interview w_Paul Williams author of Operation Gladio @ 25:05
Italian Socialist Party fueled_by
Soviet Union guest_asserted
“the rise, not only the rise, but the dominance of the PCI, the Italian communist, fueled by the Soviet Union in Italy. Now that's a problem for us, because not only are they poised to take over Italy, but our strategic, you know, many of ou…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Interview w_Paul Williams author of Operation Gladio @ 25:30
CIA targeted_for_regime_change
Italian Socialist Party guest_asserted
“everybody has to realize, and people should document for themselves, is, let's cut back to 1947, when you're having this major uprising in Italy. It's really a war against the PCI, the Italian Communist Party, that has to be funded. Without…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner interview with Paul Williams (Operation Gladio) Part 2 @ 25:28
Mentions (19)
▶ 56:47
A Greek film director hired an Italian, Franco Salinas, as his scriptwriter, and together they set off for Latin America to make a film about the death of Dan Mitterrand. Salinas, a member of the Italian Communist Party, had written the scr…
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Friedrich Engels and Friedrich Engels. From the time on, he considered himself a man of the left. As one of the few lawyers in the Northeast who would represent the poor, the young man nicknamed Francesco Giulia built a following and went t…
▶ 25:28
everybody has to realize, and people should document for themselves, is, let's cut back to 1947, when you're having this major uprising in Italy. It's really a war against the PCI, the Italian Communist Party, that has to be funded. Without…
▶ 25:58
Yeah. Let alone subsequently. Colonel, as you know, what that led to is, you know, the toppling of when we realized that we could take over, you know, support the the Italian Christian Party and defeat the Communist Party in Italy, that we …
▶ 25:05
set up the PCI, the Italian Communist Party, which gained political control of almost every city within Italy, including the so-called, what once was the Kingdom of Sicily. And in those elections, the subsequent elections from 1945 to 1947 …
▶ 25:30
the rise, not only the rise, but the dominance of the PCI, the Italian communist, fueled by the Soviet Union in Italy. Now that's a problem for us, because not only are they poised to take over Italy, but our strategic, you know, many of ou…
▶ 27:04
Once again, in 1947, the situation was, by 1947, the situation was dire. You can't understand Gladio without understanding this. The Italian communists were not only gaining control of the governments, but the media, the newspapers, the bus…
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It quickly became an open secret that American special services were paying all of their expenses. In the 1958 elections, they were supposed to complete reintegrating the nation, which was under military control by different factions. The S…
▶ 29:11
Another presidential election was quickly coming up. Suddenly, Washington saw CIA political action as a necessity. The opposition would be formidable. Salvador Allende was a very prominent person. He had studied medicine and loved politics.…
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Eisenhower officials had worried that if socialism were allowed into Italy's government, they would try to steer Rome on a neutral course, not a communist course, a neutral course between Washington and Moscow. And we have learned this one …
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other party's victory in the country in 1948. That was the beginning of the Gladio deal, where it engaged in the usual schemes along with its allies to the Italian intelligence services to block the other party. The agency's anti-left strat…
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She went on to say if the pro-communist socialists were brought into power, the Italian Communist Party will negotiate Italy's future with the USSR. Luce concluded by warning the president not to fall into a left-wing trap during his visit …
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Like you're really not in charge. But Kennedy eventually ignored the political pushback and embraced Italy's comprehensive government. He became so enamored with the idea of building a strong center-left coalition to anchor Italy's turbulen…
▶ 9:18
center-left party. JFK's trip to Rome gave him the opportunity to officially anoint a new opening. And again, in the case you guys still doesn't understand or think I'm even sliding this a little bit, this is really about unions and people'…
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was one more flagrant example of how the agency sought to undermine Kennedy's presidency as well as an Italian democracy. In November of 63, Aldo Moro finally formed a coalition government with the socialists, despite the less than enthusia…
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and OSS agent Dulles in Switzerland, offering to serve as intermediaries in negotiating to ease the surrender of German forces in Italy. This confidential memo, Cardinal Schuster stressed that the Italian Communist Party would likely gain f…
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together with that of industrial plants, as a prerequisite of Bolshevik infiltration into Italy. This threat to living conditions, on the one hand, and industrial potential on the other, is intended to create disorder and unemployment. This…
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He stated that a negotiation with Germans' withdrawal, on the other hand, would stabilize the economic situation, undermine the popularity of communist resistance, and reduce the possibility of German military leaders would be tried for war…
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Dubinsky, D-U-B-I-N-S-K-Y, who was president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Serafino Rimoldi, who was executive director of the American Institute for Free Labor Development. L.L. Bora, who was general secretary of the U…