The Canarian People's Union ( es, Unión del Pueblo Canario, UPC) was a

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 ...

political coalition operating in the

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 ...

. The party aim was

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for the islands and

socialism 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 ...

. It was a coalition between various political parties and groups, with a

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

, pro-

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

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ideology.

Members of the coalition

The political parties that formed the Coalition were: * Communist Party of the Canary Islands (provisional) (PCC(p)), later called Party of the Canarian Revolution. * Células Comunistas (CC) * Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries (PUCC), later called Revolutionary Left Movement of the Canarian Archipelago. * Canarian Assembly (AC) * Socialist Party of the Canary Islands (PSC), split of the Popular Socialist Party * Canarian Nationalist Autonomous Confederation (CANC) * ''Radicales de Base'', linked to the United Canarian People (PCU).

Election results

Congress of Deputies

References

Defunct political party alliances in Spain Political parties in the Canary Islands Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Defunct socialist parties in Spain Political parties established in 1979 Regionalist parties in Spain 1979 establishments in Spain Canarian nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties {{CanaryIslands-stub

Members of the coalition

Election results

Congress of Deputies

See also

References