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Youth Front (Italy)
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The Youth Front (Italian: Fronte della Gioventù, FdG) was the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement from 1971 to 1996.
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At the beginning of the 70s Massimo Anderson and Pietro Cerullo, brought together the main right-wing youth movements of the time, namely the Young Italy and the "Students and Workers Youth Rally", in a new political entity called "Youth Front", with Anderson as secretary and Cerullo as president.[1] The national council of the FdG took office on 6 September 1971.
As for many other organizations of the time that did not have a political line based solely on the institutional sphere, the Youth Front measured itself against the political violence that marked the so-called "Years of Lead". The violent dimension of the political clash that involved the militants of the FdG with the opposing political forces, in particular those of the extra-parliamentary Left, caused the death of many activists on the right and left, including the militants of the FdG killed in the Acca Larentia massacre.[2]
In 1996, after the transformation of the Italian Social Movement into National Alliance, the Youth Front also changed its name and became Youth Action.[3]
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National secretaries
- Massimo Anderson (1971–1977)
- Franco Petronio (regent) (1977)
- Gianfranco Fini (1977–1988)
- Gianni Alemanno (1988–1991)
- Riccardo Andriani (1991–1993)
- Giuseppe Scopelliti (1993–1995)
- Regency Committee (1995–1996)
- Basilio Catanoso (1996)
Notable Members
See also
- Gioventu Nazionale
- Groupe Union Défense
- Federation of Nationalist Students
- FUAN
- Alternative right-wing music (Italy)
- Campo Hobbit
References
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