Catalan Federation of the PSOE or Catalan Socialist Federation ( ca, Federació Catalana del PSOE, FSC) was a

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. The FSC first groups emerged between 1880 and 1882.

History

In 1888, the FSC promoted the creation of the

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(UGT) in

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. Later, well into the twentieth century, in 1908, Antoni Badia and Antoni Badia (??) participated in the establishment of the "Regional Confederation of Societies of Solidarity - Workers Solidarity". The leaders and members of the Federation actively participated in the general strike of 1909 in Barcelona, known as the Tragic Week. The subsequent repression left the party disorganized; but the FSC emerged with new impetus at the end of next year (1910) with the appointment of Josep Recasens as its Secretary General. In 1923 the FSC suffered a split, that collaborated with

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, the

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. in 1933 the FSC participated in the formation of the Workers' Alliance and in 1936 in the

Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia ( ca, Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, PSUC) was a communist political party active in Catalonia between 1936 and 1997. It was the Catalan branch of the Communist Party of Spain and the only party n ...

, together with other organizations if

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and

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orientation, disappearing therefore the

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, and falling the PSUC in the

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orbit. Rafael Vidiella i Franch was then a prominent member. In

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, the

was rebuilt in clandestinity in

, maintaining close relations with the

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(MSC). Prominent members of the

in Catalonia, like Juan García acted in close collaboration with the

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members in clandestine actions, such the

tram strikes of 1957 and 1951. In the 1970s, the PSOE fully reactivated its federation in

, under the direction of

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. The FSC contested the general elections of 1977 in coalition with the

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(PSC-C), under the name

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, gaining the coalition 15 of the 47 seats at stake (four of them of federation). In the

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, the FSC supported the candidacy of

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(although the list won 12 senators, none of the candidates belonged to the

). The coalition

was the first step towards the unification of the Catalan socialist movement, that culminated a year later. On 16 July 1978, at a Congress held in

, the Federation, the

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and the

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formed the

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.Tres partidos fundidos en uno, en aras de un objetivo común.

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, 16 July 1978.

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

References

{{reflist * D. Ballester. ''Marginalidades y Hegemonías: La UGT de Cataluña (1888-1936)''. Fundación Josep Comaposada.

, 1996. Defunct political parties in Catalonia Defunct socialist parties in Catalonia Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

History

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

See also

References