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    L'appuntamento mancato. La Sinistra italiana e il Dissenso nei regimi comunisti (1968-1989)

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    Nell’agosto 1968, il PCI condannò l’invasione sovietica di Praga: la prospettiva di una collaborazione in seno alla sinistra italiana prendeva forma, preannunciando nuovi scenari nel contesto politico della «democrazia bloccata». La speranza di ritrovare un’intesa tra PCI e PSI svanì tuttavia rapidamente: tra gli anni Settanta ed Ottanta, i rapporti tra i due partiti si incrinarono, consegnando alla storia una sinistra lacerata, permeata da forti diffidenze reciproche ed incapace di un dialogo costruttivo. Il giudizio sull’esperienza del blocco comunista fu, al contempo, causa e sintomo di tale profonda divisione. Il confronto politico e la riflessione culturale intorno alla contraddizione principe del «socialismo reale» – la repressione dell’opposizione interna – offrono spunti inediti per comprendere il nodo irrisolto nei rapporti tra le forze politiche della sinistra del nostro Paese. Nel passato, e nel presente

    Les relations dangereuses. French Socialists, Communists and the human rights issue in the Soviet bloc

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    Since the mid-1960s, Western public opinion has focused on the issue of human rights violations in the Soviet bloc, which has been a matter for increasing concern. Growing Dissent in Eastern European countries and the CSCE process compelled the Left in Western Europe to face the contradictions and inconsistencies of the communist countries. This issue became a key topic in domestic political debate in France – a country of freedom by definition – where many Eastern European émigrés established themselves. In this book, Dissent is used as a prism through which to study relations between the Parti Communiste and the Parti Socialiste in France, and Eastern European governments. The main focus is the political confrontation between the two main parties of the French Left – from the union de la gauche to their cohabitation in government in the early 1980s. The study is based on wide-reaching research using primary archive documents, as well as press analyses and interviews, mainly in France and Italy, but also in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain and the Netherlands. The book examines international relations, domestic policies and cultural history to paint a complex picture of the fight for leadership of the French Left during the 1970s
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