Workers' Communist Party (Spain)

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Workers' Communist Party
AbbreviationPCT
Chairman Carlos Tuya
Founded1973 (1973)
Dissolved1980 (1980)
Split from Communist Party of Spain
Merged into PCEU
NewspaperLa Voz Comunista
Youth wing Workers' Communist Youth
Ideology Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Pro-Soviet Union [1]

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).

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References

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  2. Vera Jiménez, Fernando (2009). «La diáspora comunista en España». Asociación de Historia Actual (HAOL). ISSN   1696-2060 (20, Otoño 2009): 43.
  3. Cuadernos para el diálogo (270–285 ed.). 1978. p. 52.
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