Communist Movement of Asturias

Communist Movement of Asturias (in Asturian: Movimientu Comunista d'Asturies. MCA) was the federated political party of the Communist Movement (MC) in Asturias. The MCA was founded in 1976.

Communist Movement of Asturias Movimientu Comunista d'Asturies
Leader	José Uría
Founded	1976 (1976)
Dissolved	1991 (1991)
Merged into	Lliberación
Newspaper	Servir al Pueblo Andecha Xoven
Youth wing	Revolutionary Youth of Asturias
Union affiliation	Corriente Sindical d'Izquierda
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism Asturianism Feminism Until 1983: Maoism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Communist Movement
Politics of Asturias Political parties

Ideology

Originally the MCA was a Maoist party, inspired by the Chinese Cultural Revolution, but over the years, specially after 1981–82, the organization gradually abandoned its previous ideologies (Orthodox Marxism, Leninism, Maoism) in favour of more heterodox forms of Marxism. The party was also supportive of the Feminist, Asturian language, LGBT and Insurbordinate social movements.

History

The MCA campaigned against the 1978 Spanish Constitution. In 1979 the Organization of the Communist Left of Asturias joined the MCA.

Lliberación

In 1991, after several years of collaboration, the MCA and the LCR decided to merge, resulting in Lliberación. In 1993 the members of the LCR left Lliberación. Lliberación collaborated with the United Left of Asturias since then, gaining one seat in the Parliament of Asturias in 2003, held by Paloma Uría, inside that coalition. Lliberación disappeared in 2010.

References

• Laíz, Consuelo: La lucha final. Los partidos de la izquierda radical durante la transición española. Madrid: Libros de la Catarata, 1995.
• Roca, José Manuel: Una aproximación sociológica, política e ideológica a la izquierda comunista revolucionaria en España. in Roca, José Manuel: El proyecto radical. Auge y declive de la izquierda revolucionaria en España (1964-1992). Madrid: Los libros de la Catarata, 1994.