Catalan Communist Party ( ca, Partit Comunista Català) was a

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. PCC was founded in 1928. It had its origins in ''l'Ateneu Enciclopèdic Popular'', which had been formed in 1926, and in the Marxist sectors of the Catalan separatist movement. The main leaders of PCC were Jordi Arquer and Víctor Colomer.

History

The PCC was founded in 1928 by the communist sector of the

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movement. The party was relatively small, having around 300 members, mainly in Lleida and

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. In November 1930 PCC merged into the

Catalan-Balearic Communist Federation Catalan-Balear Communist Federation (in Catalan: ''Federació Comunista Catalano-Balear'') was a communist group in Spain. Formed in 1924, it joined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), and functioned as the PCE federation in Catalonia and the Ba ...

(FCCB).María Teresa Martínez de Sas. ''Diccionari biogràfic del moviment obrer als Països Catalans''. L Abadia De Montserrat, 2000. .

Newspapers

The party published ''L'Opinió'' (1928-1929), and later ''L'Andreuenc'' and ''Treball''.

References

{{Reflist Defunct communist parties in Catalonia 1928 establishments in Spain Political parties established in 1928 1930 disestablishments in Spain Political parties disestablished in 1930