Catalan Workers Bloc Explained

Catalan Workers Bloc
Native Name:Bloc CatalĂ  dels Treballadors
Colorcode:red
Leader1 Title:Candidate
Headquarters:Barcelona
Ideology:Communism
Catalan independence
Merger:Party of Labour of Catalonia
Marxist Unification Movement
Seats1 Title:Town councillors (1979-1982)
Country:Spain
State:Catalonia

Catalan Workers Bloc (Catalan; Valencian: Bloc CatalĂ  dels Treballadors) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Formed in 1978 through the merger of the Party of Labour of Catalonia (PTC) and the Marxist Unification Movement (MUM). BCT participated in the National Liberation Left Bloc (BEAN) in the 1979 general elections.

In 1982 when BEAN was dissolved, BCT dissolved and most of its members joined the Left Nationalists (NE).

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