The Spanish Communist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Comunista Obrero Español, PCOE) is an

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. It was founded in 1973, when

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general in the

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) revolted against the

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line of

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(PCE)

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. The party published ''Análisis''.

History

A catalyst for the split was the condemnation by the PCE of the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968. PCOE was legalized in 1977, during the

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. Its sister organisation in

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was the

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. PCOE had a youth organization called the

Communist Youth Federation of Spain Communist Youth Federation of Spain (in Spanish: ''Federación de Jóvenes Comunistas de España'') was the youth wing of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE). FJCE published ''Lucha Juvenil''. In 1982 FJCE published ''Enríque Lister 1 ...

(''Federación de Jóvenes Comunistas de España''). In the 1983 regional elections in the

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PCOE obtained 6,416 votes (0.34%). It had an electoral pact with

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ahead of the regional elections in

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of the same year. When PCEU and other groups unified themselves as the

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, PCOE chose not to participate in the merger.

Reintegration in the PCE and split

In 1985 the majority faction, led by Enrique Lister, decided to dissolve the party and rejoin the PCE, in a congress where the 10,000 members of the PCOE were represented. The majority of the members followed Lister and rejoined the PCE; however, a minority faction decided that they weren't going to join the PCE and kept the party alive, although severely weakened. Today the party publishes ''Teoría Socialista'' and ''Análisis''. The continued PCOE contested the 2015 Spanish elections, fielding candidates in two constituencies ( Córdoba and

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), and gaining 1,906 votes in total, and also competed in the 2016 Spanish general election, again only fielding candidates in Córdoba and

. In 2018 the party contested the Andalusian regional election, competing in the constituencies of Córdoba (975 votes, 0,26%) and

(2,230 votes, 0,25%). At the April 2019 Spanish election the PCOE improved its election results compared to 2016. The party contested eight constituencies and gained 9.094 votes. In 2021 the PCOE is forming the Coalition for Communist Unity with the PCPE for the Madrid regional election.

Electoral performance

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References

External links

Party website
Political parties established in 1973 Communist parties in Spain Anti-revisionist organizations Stalinist parties Far-left politics in Spain