Spanish Communist Party Explained

Spanish Communist Party
Partido Comunista Español
Colorcode:red
Newspaper:El Comunista
Foundation:15 April 1920
Dissolution:14 November 1921
Merged:Communist Party of Spain
Ideology:Marxism
Communism
International:Communist International
Country:Spain

The Spanish Communist Party (in Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Español), was the first communist party in Spain, formed out of the Federación de Juventudes Socialistas (Federation of Socialist Youth, youth wing of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party). The founders of the party, that had belonged to leftwing within FJS, included Ramón Merino Gracia, Manuel Ugarte, Pedro Illescasm Luis Portela, Tiburicio Pico and Rito Estaban.[1] Partido Comunista Español was formed on April 15, 1920. Its organ was called El Comunista.

Soon after its formation, on November 14, 1921, the party merged with Partido Comunista Obrero Español (Spanish Communist Workers' Party) and formed the Communist Party of Spain.

Notes and References

  1. Meaker, Gerald H. The Revolutionary Left in Spain, 1914-1923. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1974. p. 232