Works
There is a long list of his publications in Italian. Translated works include his 1976 book on the Chinese Cultural Revolution and a long text on the history of the Italian Communist Party, published by the International Institute for Research and Education in English and French. In 2002 he wrote "Per una storia della Quarta Internazionale" (Rome, ed. Alegre), history of the Fourth International.
He wrote also for the journals of the Italian Fourth Internationalists (Bandiera Rossa and subsequently ERRE), of Rifondazione (Liberazione) and of the Fourth International, Inprecor and International Viewpoint.
In a late publication (La strada percorsa - "The road taken"), Maitan argued strongly against the view that the defeats of socialism in the 20th Century were "inevitable", and equally strongly for the view that the possibility of Socialism remains open.
In 2007 the Livio Maitan Study Centre was set up in Rome with the support of a large number of academics, including Gilbert Achcar, Daniel Bensaïd, Tariq Ali, Alex Callinicos, Claudio Katz, Michael Löwy and Slavoj Žižek.
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