Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea (Jan 2012)
Pci e migrazioni interne nella Torino del “miracolo”
Abstract
This paper aims at discussing the evolution of the Communist Italian Party’s theoretical and political approach with the reference to the internal migrations occurred in Italy during the ’60s. The point of view is Turin, the capital of the automotive industry, where politicians had to manage the social, economic and urban transformations brought by a significant flood of people moving from the South. Our thesis is the following: firstly interested in internal immigration for electoral reasons, afterwards the PCI increased its interest, and it started considering immigrants as a specific part of society with its own needs. The consequence was a double approach: in the factory identifying immigrants with the working class through the same struggle against owners; in the city, enhancing immigrants’ unrest and protecting their claims.
