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.
In that occasion they supported the election of Paolo Ferrero, leader of the Refoundation in Movement-Being Communists motion, as party secretary, thus joining for the first time the majority of the party.
[1] In 2013, the party was the most important promoter of the massive Genoa Public Transportation Strike that went on for a week and was considered the biggest non-general strike of the year.
[citation needed] In 2017, Controcorrente left the CWI over disagreements regarding, among other issues, the role of the European Union and Brexit.
A large minority including mostly younger members split from Controcorrente to remain part of the CWI (now International Socialist Alternative), forming a new organisation named Resistenze Internazionali.