Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) explained

Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag)
Native Name:Organización Comunista de España (Bandera Roja)
Secretary General:Ignasi Faura
Newspaper:Bandera Roja
Ideology:Marxism-Leninism
Maoism
Antifascism
Federalism
Republicanism
Youth Wing:Juventudes de Bandera Roja
Position:Far-left
Affiliation1 Title:Trade union affiliation
Affiliation1:Comisiones Obreras (CCOO)
State:Spain

The Communist Organization of Spain (Bandera Roja) (Spanish: Organización Comunista de España (Bandera Roja), Catalan: Organització Comunista d'Espanya - Bandera Roja; OCE-BR), commonly known as Bandera Roja (red flag) was a Maoist communist party in Spain. The newspaper of the organization was Bandera Roja.

History

OCE-BR was founded in 1970 as a split of the PSUC by a sector of its youth wing. The original name was Communist Organization-Red Flag. In 1973 OCE-BR adopted its later name and expanded throughout all Spain. The main goal of the organization was a democratic revolution against the Francoist State, as the first step towards a full socialist revolution.[1]

OCE-BR was legalized in late 1977. The same year the party suffered a split in Catalonia. The splitters, led by Joan Oms i Llohis, founded the Communist Collective of Catalonia. In 1989 OCE-BR joined the PSUC again, finally disappearing as an organization in 1994.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.archivodemocracia.ua.es/db/articulos/43.pdf PARTIDOS, SINDICATOS Y ORGANIZACIONES CIUDADANAS EN LA PROVINCIA DE ALICANTE DURANTE LA TRANSICIÓN (1974-1982) - BANDERA ROJA. Francisco Moreno Sáez.
  2. Mestre i Campi, Jesús (director). Diccionari d'Història de Catalunya. Edicions 62, 1998, p. 1.147 p.; p. 92 entrada: "Bandera Roja". .