Civil Revolution

This article is about the Italian left-wing coalition. For other uses, see Civil war and List of revolutions and rebellions.

Civil Revolution (Italian: Rivoluzione Civile, RC) was a left-wing coalition of political parties in Italy.

Civil Revolution Rivoluzione Civile
President	Antonio Ingroia
Founded	29 December 2012
Dissolved	2 April 2013
Headquarters	Via Marche 72 00187 Rome
Ideology	Anti-corruption[1] Left-wing populism Internal factions: Communism[1] Green politics[1] Hard Euroscepticism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Red, Orange
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The coalition was headed by Antonio Ingroia, a former anti-mafia prosecutor of Palermo from 1992 to 2012 and then director of a UN investigation into illegal drug trade in Guatemala in 2012.

The foundation of RC was preceded by the manifesto Io ci sto, presented by Ingroia on 21 December in Rome. Among the signatories of this appeal were Franco Battiato, Fiorella Mannoia, Luigi de Magistris, Leoluca Orlando, Milly Moratti, Massimiliano Bruno, Max Paiella, Sabina Guzzanti, Vauro and Enrico Fierro.^[2] The coalition had an anti-corruption platform.^[3]

In the 2013 general election the party obtained 2.2% of the vote, returning no seats in the Italian Parliament.^[3][4]

Soon after RC was dissolved on 2 April 2013,^[3] Ingroia launched a new party named Civil Action (Italian: Azione Civile).^[5]

Overview

Civil Revolution was founded on 29 December 2012 in Rome by Ingroia and the following parties:^[6]

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Italy of Values (IdV)	Anti-corruption	Antonio Di Pietro
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	Communism	Paolo Ferrero
	Party of Italian Communists (PdCI)	Communism	Oliviero Diliberto
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)	Green politics	Angelo Bonelli
	The Network 2018 (LR2018)	Anti-corruption	Leoluca Orlando
	Orange Movement (MA)	Anti-corruption	Luigi de Magistris

Subsequently, the following parties and organizations joined RC:

• Red Diaries (Agende Rosse - Anti-mafia politics), led by Salvatore Borsellino;^[7]
• We Can Change (Cambiare Si Può, CSP - Left-wing appeal), led by Livio Pepino, Marco Revelli and Chiara Sasso;^[8]
• Ecologists and Civic Networks (Ecologisti e Reti Civiche - Green coalition), led by Bonelli and Mary Luppino, including:
  • Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi);
  • We Have a Dream (Abbiamo un Sogno);
  • Ecologist Constituent Assembly (Costituente Ecologista);
  • Mayors of Good Administration (Sindaci della Buona Amministrazione);^[9]
• New Action Party (Nuovo Partito d'Azione, NPA - Social liberalism), led by Giuseppe Antonio Quartana;^[10][11]
• Purple People (Popolo Viola - Activism), led by Massimo Malerba.
• Party of the South (Partito del Sud - Southernism), led by Beppe De Santis.^[12]

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
2013	765,172	2.25	0 / 630	–	Antonio Ingroia

Senate
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
2013	549,987	1.79	0 / 315	–	Antonio Ingroia

Leadership

• President: Antonio Ingroia (2012–2013)

References

1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2013). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
2. "Manifesto Io ci sto". Revoluzione Civile (in Italian). 2012-12-21. Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
3. Tom Lansford (8 April 2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 711. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
4. "Elezioni 2014". eligendo (in Italian). Ministero dell'Interno. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
5. "Ingroia scioglie "Rivoluzione Civile" e riparte da «Azione Civile". Corriere Della Sera (in Italian). 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
6. Cucciniello, Cristina (2013-02-01). "Ingroia, ecco lo Statuto". L'Espresso (in Italian). la Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2014-07-15.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "Salvatore Borsellino alla presentazione di Rivoluzione Civile a Palermo" (Video) (in Italian). YouTube. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
8. "INGROIA E CAMBIARE SI PUO': SCELTA NO TAV E SPAZIO ALLA SOCIETA' CIVILE". Cambiare #Sipuò (in Italian). 2013-01-08. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
9. "ANCHE NOI ECOCIVICI E VERDI EUROPEI CI STIAMO!" (in Italian). Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
10. "Anche Il Nuovo Partito D'Azione Entra Nella Coalizione 'Rivoluzione Civile'" (in Italian). Orangeforum.forumfree.it. 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
11. "Tre leader in corsa e 2 outsider, fine sfida Berlusconi-sinistra" (in Italian). TM News. 2013-01-30. Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
12. CHI SIAMO

External links

• (in Italian) Civil Revolution official website