Unidad del Pueblo ( en, Unity of the People; UP) is a

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

left-wing nationalist Left-wing nationalism or leftist nationalism, also known as social nationalism, is a form of nationalism based upon national self-determination, popular sovereignty, national self-interest, and left-wing political positions such as social equali ...

party.

Objectives

UP seeks independence for the

and building a

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

society. The party defends a leading paper of the

working class The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colou ...

in the process of achieving its goals.

History

UP was formed by former members of other

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

Canarian nationalist political parties. Unidad del Pueblo supported

Alternativa Popular Canaria Alternativa Popular Canaria (APC, es, People's Alternative for the Canary Islands) is a Canarian nationalist leftist party founded in 2002, and part of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional Canario (MLNC). Its creation was spurred by the youth or ...

(APC) from 2002 to 2005, when political differences between the two organizations arise. UP gained a town councillor in the 1999 and 2003 local elections in

Santa Lucía de Tirajana Santa Lucía de Tirajana is a town and a Spanish municipality in the south-eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, in the Province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. Geography The town of Santa Lucía de Tirajana is situated in the mou ...

. Since 2007 UP began to present lists in all the elections held in the

. The party achieved 1400 votes in the regional elections of that year and 1800 in the municipal ones, losing the only councilman the party had. In 2009 it was one of the parties supporting the candidacy Iniciativa Internacionalista in the

European elections Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are considered the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's. Until ...

. In the European elections of 2014 UP supported the coalition

The Peoples Decide The Peoples Decide ( es, Los Pueblos Deciden, gl, Os Pobos Deciden, eu, Herriek Erabaki, an, Os Pueblos Deciden, ast, Los Pueblos Deciden; LPD) was a Spanish electoral list in the European Parliament election in 2014 made up from left-wing pro ...

. In the local elections of 2015 the party run in coalition with

United Canarian Left Canarian United Left (, IUC) is the Canarian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Ramón Trujillo is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC-PCE, Canarian federation of ...

, Republican Alternative and The Greens, gaining one town councillor (Antonio Ordoñez Sánchez) in

.Coorporación Municipal de Santa Lucía de Tirajana

References

External links

Website of the UP
{{Spain political parties Communist parties in Spain Political parties in the Canary Islands Canarian nationalist parties Political parties established in 1998 1998 establishments in Spain Ahora Repúblicas