Communist Workers' Party of Catalonia | |
Native Name: | Partit Comunista Obrer de Catalunya |
Founder: | Albert Farran Oriol |
Merged: | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain |
Ideology: | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Antifascism Republicanism Federalism |
Youth Wing: | Communist Youth Federation of Catalonia (FJCC) |
Position: | Far-left |
Newspaper: | Endavant |
Country: | Spain |
State: | Catalonia |
Communist Workers' Party of Catalonia (Catalan; Valencian: Partit Comunista Obrer de Catalunya) is a communist party in Catalonia. The party was founded in 1973 as a split from Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya as the Catalan branch of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE), and was legalized on 28 October 1977. In 2000, it became a part of the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain.
The central organ of PCOC was Endavant!, which was published monthly 1974-1999. The party's general secretary was Albert Farrán.
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When Enrique Líster rejoined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in 1986, following the departure of Santiago Carrillo from PCE, major sections of PCOC returned to PSUC. PCOC fused, along with PCOE, into the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain in 2000.