The Spanish Communist Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido Comunista Obrero Español, PCOE) is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in Spain. It was founded in 1973, when Enrique Líster (a Republican general in the Spanish Civil War) revolted against the Eurocommunist line of Communist Party of Spain (PCE) general secretary Santiago Carrillo. The party published Análisis.
Spanish Communist Workers' Party Partido Comunista Obrero Español | |
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| General Secretary | Francisco Barjas |
| Founder | Enrique Lister |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Newspaper | Teoría Socialista and Análisis |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth Federation of Spain (FJCE) |
| Catalan wing | Communist Workers Party of Catalonia (PCOC) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Union wing | Asamblea de Comités, Delegados y Trabajadores |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www.pcoe.net | |
History
editA catalyst for the split was the condemnation by the PCE of the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968. PCOE was legalized in 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy. Its sister organisation in Catalonia was the Partit Comunista Obrer de Catalunya. PCOE had a youth organization called the Communist Youth Federation of Spain (Federación de Jóvenes Comunistas de España).
In the 1983 regional elections in the Valencian Community, PCOE obtained 6,416 votes (0.34%). It had an electoral pact with Partido Comunista de España Unificado ahead of the regional elections in Madrid of the same year. When PCEU and other groups unified themselves as the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain, PCOE chose not to participate in the merger.
Reintegration in the PCE and split
editIn 1985, the majority faction, led by Enrique Lister, decided to dissolve the party and rejoin the PCE,[1] in a congress where the 10,000 members of the PCOE were represented. The majority of the members followed Lister and rejoined the PCE; however, a minority faction decided that they weren't going to join the PCE and kept the party alive, although severely weakened.[2] Today, the party publishes Teoría Socialista and Análisis.
The continued PCOE contested the 2015 Spanish elections, fielding candidates in two constituencies (Córdoba and Sevilla), and gaining 1,906 votes in total, and also competed in the 2016 Spanish general election, again only fielding candidates in Córdoba and Sevilla. In 2018, the party contested the Andalusian regional election, competing in the constituencies of Córdoba (975 votes, 0,26%) and Sevilla (2,230 votes, 0,25%).
At the April 2019 Spanish election, the PCOE improved its election results compared to 2016. The party contested eight constituencies and gained 9.094 votes.[3]
In 2021, the PCOE is forming the Coalition for Communist Unity with the PCPE in the Madrid regional election.[4]
Electoral performance
edit| Election | Votes | % | Seats |
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| 1982 | 25,830 | 0.12% | 0 / 350
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| 2015 | 1,909 | 0.01% | 0 / 350
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| 2016 | 1,822 | 0.01% | 0 / 350
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| April 2019 | 9,094 | 0.03% | 0 / 350
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| November 2019 | 9,664 | 0.04% | 0 / 350
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| Election | Community | Votes | % | Seats | Notes |
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| 1980 | Catalonia | 12,963 | 0.48% | 0 / 135
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| 1982 | Andalusia | 7,891 | 0.28% | 0 / 109
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| 1983 | Balearic Islands | 1,509 | 0.49% | 0 / 54
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| 1983 | Castile and León | 1,974 | 0.14% | 0 / 84
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In a coalition with the Unified Communist Party of Spain |
| 1983 | Castilla-La Mancha | 579 | 0.06% | 0 / 44
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In a coalition with the Unified Communist Party of Spain |
| 1983 | Extremadura | 1,463 | 0.26% | 0 / 65
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In a coalition with the Unified Communist Party of Spain |
| 1983 | Madrid | 4,473 | 0.19% | 0 / 94
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| 1983 | Valencia | 5,945 | 0.31% | 0 / 89
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| 1984 | Catalonia | 2,593 | 0.09% | 0 / 135
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| 2018 | Andalusia | 3,205 | 0.09% | 0 / 109
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| 2021 | Madrid | 878 | 0.02% | 0 / 136
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As part of the Coalition for Communist Unity together with the PCPE |
References
edit- ^ El partido comunista de Líster se integrará en abril en el PCE, El País, 21 de marzo de 1986.
- ^ Líster califica de "regreso a casa" la reintegración en el PCE.
- ^ "Consulta de resultados electorales. Ministerio del Interior". www.infoelectoral.mir.es. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "Ante las Elecciones del 4M en la Comunidad de Madrid, trabajemos por la unidad comunista – PCOE" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-20.