Catalan Workers' Left (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 ...

: ''Esquerra Catalana dels Treballadors'') was a

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 ...

Northern Catalonia Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia, ; french: Catalogne (du) Nord ; oc, Catalonha (del) Nòrd; es, Cataluña (del) Norte) French Catalonia or Roussillon refers to the Catalan-speaking and Catalan-culture territory ceded to France by Spain ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. ECT was formed in 1972, with its main base in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

. ECT was linked to 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). In 1977 a group, linked to the

Socialist Party of National Liberation - Provisional Socialist Party of National Liberation - Provisional (in Catalan: ''Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional - Provisional'', PSAN-P. PSANp or PSAN (p)) was a pro-Catalan independence political party in the Catalan Countries. The PSAN-P was forme ...

(PSAN-p), broke away from ECT and formed the

Socialist Organisation of National Liberation Socialist Organisation of National Liberation (in Catalan: ''Organització Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional'', OSAN) was a pro-Catalan independence radical socialist political party in the Catalan Countries. OSAN was formed by Pere Iu Baron i ...

(OSAN). The newspaper of the organization was ''La Nova Falç''. ECT was dissolved in 1981, but many of its cadres continued to work in other political outfits, like

Catalan Unity Catalan Unity ( ca, Unitat Catalana, ) is a regionalist party based in southern France. It represents the Catalan minority in Northern Catalonia. The party supports Northern Catalonia getting its own autonomous region An autonomous administr ...

(UC).

References

*Sastre, Carles. ''Terra lliure, punt de partida: 1979-1995, una biografía autoritzada.'' Edicions del 1979, 2012, p. 34. .

External links

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