Communist Collective of Catalonia | |
Native Name: | Col·lectiu Comunista de Catalunya |
Leader1 Title: | Leaders |
Leader1 Name: | Joan Oms Antoni Montserrat Maria Olivares Consol Casals |
Headquarters: | Barcelona |
Newspaper: | K.0. |
Ideology: | Communism Catalan independence Països Catalans |
Country: | Spain |
State: | Catalonia |
The Communist Collective of Catalonia (Catalan; Valencian: Col·lectiu Comunista de Catalunya, abbreviated CCC) was a political organization in Catalonia. It was formed in 1977 as a split from the Communist Organization of Spain (Bandera Roja) (OCE (BR)).[1] Leaders of CCC included Joan Oms, Antoni Montserrat, Maria Olivares and Consol Casals.[1] CCC published Quaderns de Debat.[1]
The group contested the 1979 municipal elections with the candidature Comunistes de Catalunya ('Communists of Catalonia'), winning 14,529 votes (0,55% of the votes in Catalonia) but no seats.[2] Most of the votes came from Barcelona Province, where the group got 13,145 votes (0,64%).[2] In the Barcelona City municipal election the candidature got 6,148 votes (0.77%).[3] In Badalona the group got 1,557 votes (1.82%).[2] In Girona Province the group only contested the Girona municipal election, where it got 1,384 votes (3.78%).[2] With 0.09% of the Spanish vote, Comunistes de Catalunya was the most voted party which failed to win a single councillor seat.[2]
CCC took part in the National Liberation Left Bloc (BEAN) and in the founding of Left Nationalists (NE) in 1979.[1] [4]