Workers' Communist Party (Spain) Explained

Workers' Communist Party
Chairman:Carlos Tuya
Youth Wing:Workers' Communist Youth
Ideology:Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Pro-Soviet Union[1]
Split:Communist Party of Spain
Merged:PCEU
Newspaper:La Voz Comunista
Country:Spain
Abbreviation:PCT

Workers' Communist Party (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de los Trabajadores) was a political party in Spain. Formed in 1977 by the Left Opposition of PCE.[2]

PCT had a youth wing called Workers' Communist Youth (Juventudes Comunistas de los Trabajadores).[3] In December 1977 it initiated the publication Manifiesto. Soon Manifiesto was substituted by Bandera Comunista, which was published in 1978.[4]

In 1980 PCT unified with Communist Party of Spain (8th and 9th Congresses) to form the Unified Communist Party of Spain (PCEU).

Notes and References

  1. Francisco Bonal García, «Notas sobre el "prosovietismo" en la primera mitad de los ochenta en España», 25 de mayo de 2007.
  2. Vera Jiménez, Fernando (2009). «La diáspora comunista en España». Asociación de Historia Actual (HAOL). (20, Otoño 2009): 43.
  3. Book: Cuadernos para el diálogo. 270–285. 1978. 52.
  4. Web site: UB Libraries Catalog. eclipsi.bib.ub.es. 2014-02-23.