Talk:Girolamo Li Causi

Togliatti and Li Causi's dismissal
The article claims that Palmiro Togliatti removed Li Causi from his position as PCI Sicilian secretary because the latter was too harsh against the Mafia and the Christian Democracy, while Togliatti preferred a softer stance to avoid building up enmity. The cited source is the website of the Radical Party radio, which treats this as the natural follow-up to other instances of Togliatti seeking cooperation with DC (such as during the Resistance movement in WWII and the drafting of the Italian Constitution). It's true that Togliatti was notably open to compromise with DC and other antifascist parties between 1943 and 1948, but this was largely framed in terms of rejecting suggestions of an insurrectional road to power and instead seeking to build up PCI as a normal mass party capable of functioning within a democratic system. Communist opposition to government parties was still unswerving from 1948 onwards, more so with the Cold War in full swing, and even saw dramatic rhetoric and rioting (such as with the protests against the election law of 1953 and the Tambroni cabinet in 1960). While I'm sure that the Mafia phenomenon was poorly understood at the time outside Sicily it was well-known that it was linked to large landowners, with whom PCI had no interest in seeking a compromise, much less one backed by its general secretary.

The dismissal of Li Causi is also not mentioned in the Italian-language Wikipedia, nor is any party infighting over the attitude towards DC and the Mafia in Sicily, which makes me feel this is a one-off conspiracy theory ("connecting the dots") rather than a well-sourced fact.

For now I haven't removed the relevant parts, but I would really like to see a better source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daydreamers (talk • contribs) 12:22, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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german Notstand
if someone of you guys and girls and whatnot with moderate german-speaking abilities would have the kindness to help the german wikipedia with its mafia-history-parts, it would be amazing. its embarrasingly empty on that topic (probably kinda "conspiracy alarm" for the germanpedians) - allthough i lately heared mr. saviano saying germany is on place 2 or 3 (with spain) in europe after italy. i am lacking time for this and i also lack the ability of being a wikipedian (seriuosly). but i wanted to let you know there is space for further enlightment... --88.69.242.82 (talk) 01:38, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

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