Left Bloc for National Liberation ( ca, Bloc d'Esquerra d'Alliberament Nacional, BEAN) was a coalition and, later,

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

and

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. BEAN was an independentist and socialist party, that defended a Socialist Federal Republic of the

Catalan Countries The Catalan Countries ( ca, països catalans, , ) refers to those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, Valencia, and parts of Aragon (''La F ...

History

Formed in 1979 as a coalition between the

Catalan Workers Bloc Catalan Workers Bloc ( ca, Bloc Català dels Treballadors) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Formed in 1978 through the merger of the Party of Labour of Catalonia (PTC) and the Marxist Unification Movement (MUM). BCT participated in the ...

(BCT) and the

Socialist Party of National Liberation The Socialist Party of National Liberation ( Catalan: ''Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional'', PSAN) is an independentist and communist party active in Catalonia. The PSAN was created in 1968 following a split in the more leftist sector of ...

(PSAN), along with some independents, like

Lluís Maria Xirinacs Lluís Maria Xirinacs i Damians (; 6 August 1932 – 11 August 2007) was a Spanish politician, writer, catholic cleric and advocate for the independence of Catalonia. Biography He was born in Barcelona in 1932, and he became a priest when he w ...

. In the local elections of that year the coalition gained 19 town councillors and 2 mayors ( Arbúcies and

Sant Pere de Ribes __NOTOC__ Sant Pere de Ribes is a town in the center of the Garraf comarca, in Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. The remains of a 12th-century castle once ruled by the troubadour Guillem de Ribes Guillem de Ribes (''c''. 1140 – ''c''. 1220)J ...

). In the city of

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

the Bloc withdrew the candidacy, supporting the

PSUC 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 ...

and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia. In the general elections of the same year the coalition obtained 46,962 votes for

Congreso de los Diputados The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. It has 350 members elect ...

(1.59%) and 9,620 votes (0.51%) in the

Valencian Country The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...

. For

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BEAN supported the successful independent candidacy of

. In 1980, after the departure of

PSAN The Socialist Party of National Liberation (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional'', PSAN) is an Catalan independence, independentist and Communism, communist party active in Catalonia. The PSAN was created in 1968 ...

and POUM, the coalition became a party. In the Catalan autonomic elections of that year BEAN only obtained 14,077 votes (0.52%), failing to gain any seat. The party disappeared in 1982, with many of its members joining either

Left Nationalists Left Nationalists ( ca, Nacionalistes d'Esquerra; NE, NdE or Nd'E) was a Catalan socialist and independentist political organization founded in 1979 from historical militants of the Socialist Party of National Liberation (PSAN), National Front o ...

or the

Movement for Defence of the Land The Movement for the Defence of the Land (Catalan: ''Moviment de Defensa de la Terra'', MDT) was the united front of the socialist independence organisations of the Catalan Countries; specifically the Socialist Party of National Liberation (PSAN), ...

.Del BEAN, NE i la Crida a l'MDT i Terra Lliure (1978-1988). L'independentisme sociològic emergeix.
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References

{{reflist Defunct communist parties in Catalonia Catalan independence movement Political parties established in 1979 1979 establishments in Spain Political parties disestablished in 1982 1982 disestablishments in Spain