Communist Collective of Catalonia explained

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]

History

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Isidre Molas. Diccionari dels partits polítics de Catalunya: segle XX. 2000. Enciclopèdia Catalana, S.A.. 978-84-412-0466-9. 42.
  2. Ministerio del Interior. Municipales > Abril 1979 / C.A. Cataluña
  3. Ministerio del Interior. Municipales > Abril 1979 / C.A. Cataluña / Prov. Barcelona / Mun. BARCELONA
  4. Butlletí de l’Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya . No. 19, March 2008. p. 35