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Left-wing Federation, Italy

Federazione della Sinistra

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image by Andrea Pollett, 20 March 2010
2009 version



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Overview

Left-wing Federation (Federazione della Sinistra, FdS) - 2009 pattern
This is a variant of the flag of the Communist and Anti-capitalist List (Lista Comunista e Anticapitalista), which I first became aware of at rally held on December 12, 2009.
In July, 2009, the coalition previously known as Communist and Anti-capitalist List founded a federation and changed name The three main member parties are the same ones as before; instead the United Consumers movement (Consumatori Uniti) stepped out, so its name was dropped from the flag, and the space left was filled with the words 'LAVORO E SOLIDARIETÀ' (Labour and Solidarity), which is the motto of a union-based association that joined the federation as a fourth member, and whose full name is Associazione 23 marzo “Lavoro-Solidarietà” (March 23 'Labour-Solidarity' Association). Note that the two words are separated by a dash in the association's name, whereas they are separated by 'E' (and) in the flag. The rest of the pattern was left unmodified, although in order to improve the arrangement of the lettering in the outer part of the logo, all the remaining words were slightly rotated in clockwise direction.

image by Andrea Pollett, 20 March 2010
2010 version

Left-wing Federation (Federazione della Sinistra) - 2010 pattern
This is a further variant of the same pattern, which I first became aware of at a rally on March 12, 2010, although on the party's posters and leaflets it was already featured since late 2009.
At the European Parliament elections held in June 2009, no representative of the Federation (by that time still called Communist and Anti-capitalist List) was elected; so towards the end of the same year GUE/NGL (for "European United Left / Nordic Green" parliament group) was dropped from the flag. A rearrangement of the lettering in the outer part of the logo took place: now the words are 'SINISTRA EUROPEA' (European Left) above; 'SOCIALISMO 2000' on the left; 'LAVORO - SOLIDARIETÀ' (no longer separated by an 'E', but by a dash) on the right; 'per la FEDERAZIONE' (for the Federation) below, with the first two words spelt in lowercase freehand script. Only the words below are still spelt in bold letters, whereas all the others appear thinner than in the previous versions of the flag.
The Left-wing Federation will take part in the forthcoming regional elections, scheduled on March 28-29, 2010.
Andrea Pollett, 20 March 2010