Communist Movement


Communist Movement was a political party in Spain. It was founded in 1972 as Movimiento Comunista de España .

History

The Communist Movement was formed by the Basque Communist Movement - Communists , Communist Organisation, Communist Unification, the Marxist-Leninist Formation Group of the Islands and a grouping of independent communists from Asturias. Initially the party was known as Communist Movement of Spain. The general secretary of MCE was Eugenio del Río.
MCE attempted to unify with the Communist Unification of Spain, but that relation was later broken.
In 1976 MCE was restricted into a organization, and the name changed to MC. Regional affiliates included
MC appealed for abstention in the 1976 referendum.
In the 1977 general elections MC launched various electoral lists, like CUP in Madrid and CUPS in Catalonia.
On October 6, 1977 a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers were attacked by far-right militants while putting up posters in Alicante. Miquel Grau, a 20-year-old MCPV sympathizer was killed.
In 1979 the Organisation of the Communist Left merged into MC.
MCPV and the Revolutionary Communist League formed a coalition, United Left of the Valencian Country. In the 1983 regional assembly elections EUPV contested as part of the Valencian People's Unity. Later as MC disintegrated, MCPV and LCR militants in Valencia formed the collective Revolta.
In 1983 the Communist Movement of Euskadi separated itself from MC and became an independent organization.
In 1991 MC merged with LCR and formed the Alternative Left, which had a brief existence.

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