Workers' Party (in Spanish: ''Partido de los Trabajadores'') is a communist

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 ...

which operates in

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...

. It was founded in 1979 through the merger of the Party of Labour of Spain (PTE) and the

Workers Revolutionary Organisation The Workers' Revolutionary Organisation (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Organización Revolucionaria de los Trabajadores'') was a Maoism, Maoist Communism, communist organisation in Spain. The newspaper of the organization was ''En Lucha''. ...

(ORT). The Catalan branch of PT was known as ''Partit dels Treballadors de Catalunya'' (Workers' Party of Catalonia). It published ''Yesca''. The old PT was short-lived. In 1980, a severe internal crisis erupted, and the party last contested elections in 1987. In February 2009, it was refunded and reactivated, becoming an active political organization again.

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