Proletarian Catalan Party Explained

Proletarian Catalan Party
Native Name:Partit Català Proletari
President:Jaume Compte
Ideology:Communism
Leninism
Catalan independence
Position:Left-wing
Membership:500–800
Youth Wing:Joventuts del Partit Català Proletari
Newspaper:Catalunya Insurgent
Seats1 Title:Congreso de los Diputados (1936)
Colours:Red
Colorcode:red
Country:Spain
State:Catalonia

Proletarian Catalan Party (Catalan; Valencian: Partit Català Proletari, 1934–1936) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. PCP was founded in January 1934. Its main leader was Jaume Compte. PCP had its origins in the Estat Català-Partit Proletari, founded in 1932.[1]

The goal of PCP was the creation of a Catalan Socialist Republic.[2]

The party had a large influence with the trade union Centre Autonomista de Dependents de Comerç i Industria (CADCI).[1] In 1936 Peres Aznar, a PCP deputy in the Cortes, was elected president of CADCI.[3]

The party had around 500–800 members at its peak, mainly from Barcelona.[1] PCP published Catalunya Insurgent. Its youth wing was known as Joventuts del Partit Català Proletari.[2]

In 1936 PCP merged with other groups to form the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.marxists.org/catala/enciclopedia/people/p/a.htm#pcp Enciclopèdia del marxisme - Pa
  2. http://www.marxists.org/catala/enciclopedia/people/p/documents-pcp/11091935.htm Documents de PCP: Per un 11 de Setembre d'afirmació i lluita (1935)
  3. http://www.partal.com/cadci/cadci.html Què és el CADCI