The Workers' Political Movement (Italian: Movimento Politico dei Lavoratori, MPL), also translated as Political Movement of Workers,[1] was a small political party in Italy led by Livio Labor.
History
After the congress of Christian Associations of Italian Workers (ACLI) had voted to end its affiliation with Christian Democracy, on March 8, 1969, Livio Labor (president of ACLI) and Riccardo Lombardi founded the "Association of Political Culture" (Associazione di Cultura Politica, ACPOL), committed to the restructuring of the Italian left. On 5 July 1970, the ACPOL dissolved itself to start the constituent phase of the Workers' Political Movement (MPL). The MPL sprang from the Catholic sector of dissent towards the Christian Democrats, aiming to represent progressive Catholics and leftists.