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Socialist Movement of Catalonia (in
Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
: ''Moviment Socialista de Catalunya'', MSC) was a
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in
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 ...
,
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. The MSC was founded in exile the 14 of January 1945 by ex-members of the
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,
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
Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia ( ca, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a Catalan independence movement, pro-Catalan independence, social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Catalonia, p ...
. Due to the
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the party acted underground in
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 ...
.


History

In 1968, after the May 1968 movement the party split in two factions, one led
Josep Pallach i Carolà Josep Pallach i Carolà (Figueres (Catalonia, Spain) 1920, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain), 1977) was a Catalan socialist leader. Libertarian communist during his youth, he fought with the Republic and was a leader of several anti-fr ...
, with a
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ideology; and another, led by Joan Reventós with a
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ideology. The party fully split in 1974, when the social-democrats created the
Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping ( ca, Partit Socialista de Catalunya–Reagrupament, PSC–R) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. The PSC–R was founded in 1976 as a continuation of the Socialist and Democratic Regrouping of Cata ...
and the marxists the
Socialist Convergence of Catalonia Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (in Catalan: ''Convèrgencia Socialista de Catalunya'', CSC) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. CSC was founded in 1974 as from a split of the Socialist Movement of Catalonia (MSC). Its secretary general ...
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See also

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Socialists' Party of Catalonia The Socialists' Party of Catalonia ( ca, Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC–PSOE official acronym) is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia ...
*
Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping ( ca, Partit Socialista de Catalunya–Reagrupament, PSC–R) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. The PSC–R was founded in 1976 as a continuation of the Socialist and Democratic Regrouping of Cata ...
*
Socialist Convergence of Catalonia Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (in Catalan: ''Convèrgencia Socialista de Catalunya'', CSC) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. CSC was founded in 1974 as from a split of the Socialist Movement of Catalonia (MSC). Its secretary general ...
*
List of political parties in Catalonia This article lists political parties in Catalonia represented in Parliament, their ideologies, leaders, number of MPs and their positions on Catalan independence. Parties and coalitions in the Catalan Parliament Smaller parties Reference ...


References

* Glòria Rubiol (1995). Josep Pallach i el reagrupament. L'Abadia de Montserrat. . {{Authority control Political parties in Catalonia Anti-Francoism Socialist parties in Catalonia