Futurist Political Party

The Futurist Political Party (Italian: Partito Politico Futurista) was an Italian political party founded in 1918 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti as an extension of the futurist artistic and social movement. The party had a radical program which included promoting gender parity and abolishing marriage, inheritance, military service and secret police. The party was absorbed into the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento in 1919.

Futurist Political Party
Founded1918 (1918)
Dissolved1920 (1920)
Merged intoFasci Italiani di Combattimento
NewspaperRoma Futurista
IdeologyAnti-clericalism
Futurism
Georgism
Nationalism
Republicanism
National syndicalism
Political positionFar-right
National affiliationFasci Italiani di Combattimento
(1919–1920)
Colours     Blue

Ideology

Futurist Democracy
  • The abolition of marriage,[1] with children raised by the state with funds raised by a "tax on free love".
  • Bureaucratic decentralization and abolition of seniority in state careers.
  • "Technical government without Senate" (i.e. a youth council made up of a dozen people under 30 years, elected by universal suffrage direct).
  • Land reform similar to that of Henry George.
  • Gender equality in employment and participation in political life.
  • Creation of "schools of courage and patriotism" (which eventually became the Opera Nazionale Balilla).[2]
  • Prison reform and abolition of the political police.

References
  1. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Reprinted in Teoria e invenzione futurista (1983). p. 374.
  2. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Il cittadino eroico, l'abolizione delle polizie e la scuole di coraggio. Reprinted in Teoria e invenzione futurista (1983). p. 442.
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