If Will Rogers were an Italian Communist today, his famous wisecrack, slightly modified, would apply: "I am not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat -- of the Left." After nearly a year of debate, Italy's Communists joined their East European counterparts last week by adopting a new name, the Democratic Party of the Left, and a fresh insignia: a spreading tree, with the old hammer-and-sickle symbol reduced and planted at the roots.
"We are changing so we can change Italy," said party secretary Achille Occhetto. He might have said his party, Italy's second biggest and the West's...
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