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Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores | |
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Secretary-General | Marc Palomo |
Founded | 1979 Refounded in 2009 |
Dissolved | 1987–2009 |
Merger of | Party of Labour of Spain Workers Revolutionary Organisation |
Newspaper | Yesca |
Youth wing | Young Red Guard of Spain |
Ideology | Marxism-Leninism Maoism Antifascism Federalism |
Political position | Far Left |
Trade union affiliation | Confederación de Sindicatos Unitarios de Trabajadores (CSUT) and Sindicato Unitario |
Regional parliaments (1979-1983) | 1 / 1,268 |
Provincial deputations (1979-1983) | 1 / 1,152 [1] |
Mayors (1979-1983) | 20 / 8,122 |
Town councillors (1979-1983) | 369 / 67,505 |
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