Countercurrent (Italian: Controcorrente) is a trotskyist faction within the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy.The group emerged in 2006 as a split from Communist Project when their leader Marco Ferrando decided to leave the party in order to form his own Workers’ Communist Party. For the 24-27 July 2008 congress the faction formed a common list with The Ernesto another minority faction and obtained 7.7% of the delegates.