Workers' Party (Spain) Explained

Workers' Party
Native Name:Partido de los Trabajadores
Secretary General:Marc Palomo
Merger:Party of Labour of Spain
Workers Revolutionary Organisation
Founded:
Refounded in
Dissolved: -
Ideology:Marxism-Leninism
Maoism
Antifascism
Federalism
Youth Wing:Young Red Guard of Spain
Newspaper:Yesca
Position:Far Left
Affiliation1 Title:Trade union affiliation
Affiliation1:Confederación de Sindicatos Unitarios de Trabajadores (CSUT) and Sindicato Unitario
Seats1 Title:Regional parliaments (1979-1983)
Seats2 Title:Provincial deputations (1979-1983)
Seats2:[1]
Seats4 Title:Town councillors (1979-1983)
Seats3 Title:Mayors (1979-1983)
State:Spain

Workers' Party (in Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores) is a communist political party which operates in Spain. It was founded in 1979 through the merger of the Party of Labour of Spain (PTE) and the Workers Revolutionary Organisation (ORT).

The Catalan branch of PT was known as Partit dels Treballadors de Catalunya (Workers' Party of Catalonia). It published Yesca.

The old PT was short-lived. In 1980, a severe internal crisis erupted, and the party last contested elections in 1987.

In February 2009, it was refunded and reactivated, becoming an active political organization again.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.historiaelectoral.com/diputacions.html Diputaciones 1979 - Historiaelectoral.com