Communism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Eurocommunism ==== {{main|Eurocommunism}} [[File:Enrico Berlinguer.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Enrico Berlinguer]], the secretary of the [[Italian Communist Party]] and main proponent of Eurocommunism]]Eurocommunism was a [[Revisionism (Marxism)|revisionist]] trend in the 1970s and 1980s within various Western European communist parties, claiming to develop a theory and practice of [[social transformation]] more relevant to their region. Especially prominent within the [[French Communist Party]], [[Italian Communist Party]], and [[Communist Party of Spain]], Communists of this nature sought to undermine the influence of the [[Soviet Union]] and its [[All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]] during the [[Cold War]].{{r|Kindersley}} Eurocommunists tended to have a larger attachment to liberty and democracy than their Marxist–Leninist counterparts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Escalona |first=Fabien |date=29 December 2020 |title=Le PCF et l'eurocommunisme: l'ultime rendez-vous manqué? |trans-title=The French Communist Party and Eurocommunism: The greatest missed opportunity? |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/291220/le-pcf-et-l-eurocommunisme-l-ultime-rendez-vous-manque |language=fr |work=Mediapart |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> [[Enrico Berlinguer]], general secretary of Italy's major Communist party, was widely considered the father of Eurocommunism.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/eurocomunismo_%28Dizionario-di-Storia%29/ |title=Eurocomunismo |date=2010 |encyclopedia=Enciclopedia Treccani |language=it |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page