# Communist Movement

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{{Infobox political party
|name               = Communist Movement 
|native_name        = Movimiento Comunista
|colorcode          = {{party color|Communist Movement (Spain)}}
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|logo               = Mc004.jpg
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|secretary_general  = [Eugenio del Río](/source/Eugenio_del_R%C3%ADo)
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|founded            = {{Start date|1972}}
|dissolved          = {{End date|1991}}
|merger             = [Communist Movement of Euskadi](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Euskadi)<br>[Communist Movement of Asturias](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Asturias)<br>Communist Organisation<br>Communist Unification<br>Marxist-Leninist Formation Group of the Islands
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|merged             = [Alternative Left](/source/Alternative_Left_(Spain)) (''Izquierda Alternativa'')
|headquarters       = [Spain](/source/Spain)
|newspaper          = ''Página Abierta''
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|ideology           = [Marxism–Leninism](/source/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism)<br>[Maoism](/source/Maoism) (originally)<br>[Marxism](/source/Marxism) (late years)
|position           = [Far-left](/source/Far-left_politics)
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'''Communist Movement''' (in [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): ''Movimiento Comunista'', in [Basque](/source/Basque_language): ''Mugimendu Komunista'', in [Catalan](/source/Catalan_language): ''Moviment Comunista'', in [Galician](/source/Galician_language): ''Movemento Comunista'', in [Asturian](/source/Asturian_language): ''Movimientu Comunista'') was a [political party](/source/political_party) in [Spain](/source/Spain). It was founded in 1972 as ''Movimiento Comunista de España (MCE)''.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/catala/enciclopedia/people/m/o.htm Marxist Encyclopedia] (Catalan)</ref>

==History==
The Communist Movement was formed by the [Basque Communist Movement - Communists](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Euskadi) (''Movimiento Comunista Vasco - Komunistak'') (which was previously known as [ETA Berri](/source/ETA_Berri), a splinter group of [ETA](/source/ETA_(separatist_group))), [Communist Organisation](/source/Communist_Organisation) ([Aragon](/source/Aragon)), [Communist Unification](/source/Communist_Unification_(Spain)) ([Valencia](/source/Valencia_(autonomous_community))), the [Marxist-Leninist Formation Group of the Islands](/source/Marxist-Leninist_Formation_Group_of_the_Islands) ([Balearic Islands](/source/Balearic_Islands)) and a grouping of independent communists from [Asturias](/source/Asturias). Initially the party was known as '''Communist Movement of Spain''' (''Movimiento Comunista de España''). The general secretary of MCE was Eugenio del Río.

MCE attempted to unify with the [Communist Unification of Spain](/source/Communist_Unification_of_Spain) (UCE), but that relation was later broken.

In 1976, MCE was restricted into a federal organization, and the name changed to MC. Regional affiliates included:
*[Communist Movement of Asturias](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Asturias) (''Movimiento Comunista d'Asturies'')
*[Communist Movement of Aragon](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Aragon) (''Movimiento Comunista de Aragón'')
*Communist Movement of Castile-León (''Movimiento Comunista de Castilla-Léon'')
*[Communist Movement of Catalonia](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Catalonia) (''Moviment Comunista de Catalunya'')
*[Communist Movement of Euskadi](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Euskadi) (''Euskadi Mugimendu Komunista'')
*Communist Movement of Extremadura (''Movimiento Comunista de Extremadura'')
*[Communist Movement of the Valencian Country](/source/Communist_Movement_of_the_Valencian_Country) (''Moviment Comunista del País Valencià'')
*[Communist Movement of Galicia](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Galicia) (''Movemento Comunista de Galicia'')

MC appealed for abstention in the 1976 referendum.

In the 1977 general elections, MC launched various electoral lists, like CUP in [Madrid](/source/Madrid) and CUPS in [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia).<ref>''Projecte de llei electoral municipal presentat pel Moviment Comunista'', Moviment Comunista de Catalunya, Barcelona 1977</ref>

On October 6, 1977, a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers were attacked by [far-right militants](/source/militant) while putting up posters in [Alicante](/source/Alicante). [Miquel Grau](/source/Assassination_of_Miquel_Grau), a 20-year-old MCPV sympathizer was killed.

In 1979, the [Organisation of the Communist Left](/source/Organisation_of_the_Communist_Left) (OIC) merged into MC.

MCPV and the [Revolutionary Communist League](/source/Revolutionary_Communist_League_(Spain)) (LCR) formed a coalition, [United Left of the Valencian Country](/source/United_Left_of_the_Valencian_Country) (EUPV, different body than the present EUPV). In the 1983 regional assembly elections EUPV contested as part of the [Valencian People's Union](/source/Valencian_People's_Unity) (UPV). Later as MC disintegrated, MCPV and LCR militants in [Valencia](/source/Valencia_(autonomous_community)) formed the collective [Revolta](/source/Revolta).

In 1983, the [Communist Movement of Euskadi](/source/Communist_Movement_of_Euskadi) (EMK) separated itself from MC and became an independent organization.

In 1991, MC merged with LCR and formed the [Alternative Left](/source/Alternative_Left_(Spain)) (''Izquierda Alternativa''), which had a brief existence.

==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Mc007.jpg|MC de Extremadura sticker
Image:Mc013.jpg|MC sticker, demanding release of its general secretary Eugenio del Río
Image:Mc019.jpg|[MC de Aragón](/source/Movimiento_Comunista_de_Arag%C3%B3n) sticker, demanding legalization of political parties
</gallery>

==References==
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Category:Political parties established in 1972
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1991
Category:Defunct communist parties in Spain
Category:Republican parties in Spain
Category:Anti-Francoist organisations
Category:Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain

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