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 federal organization, and the name changed to MC. Regional affiliates included:
- Communist Movement of Asturias
- Communist Movement of Aragon
- Communist Movement of Castile-León
- Communist Movement of Catalonia
- Communist Movement of Euskadi
- Communist Movement of Extremadura
- Communist Movement of the Valencian Country
- Communist Movement of Galicia
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 (Spain)|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 Union. 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.