Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted)
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Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted)
Partido Comunista de España (Reconstituido) |
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| Founder | Manuel Pérez Martínez 'Arenas' |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Headquarters | France and Spain |
| Newspaper | Antorcha |
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Marxism-Leninism Republicanism Maoism (historic) |
| Colors | Red, Yellow and Murrey (Spanish Republican colors) |
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The Partido Comunista de España (Reconstituido) (English: "Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted)", PCE(r)) is a Spanish clandestine communist party that broke away from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). The general secretary of the PCE(r) is Manuel Pérez Martínez ('Comrade Arenas'), currently in jail.
It was formed in 1975, by the remnants of the Organization of Spanish Marxist-Leninists (OMLE) which was dissolved that year. OMLE, which was operating from exile, had been formed through a split in the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in the 1968.
Following the famous revolts in Paris in 1968, certain groups of leftist Spanish exiles were disappointed with the staunchly pro-Soviet and “frozen” stance of the Spanish Communist Party, the PCE and its leader Santiago Carrillo. This led in September of the same year to the foundation of the Organización de Marxistas Leninistas Españoles (OMLE) (Organization of Spanish Marxist-Leninists) in Brussels. In 1974 Organización Obreira, a Galician organization, joined the OMLE.
During the following years, this splinter group of Spanish Communists was inspired by ETA’s rise and by the military coup in Portugal that led to the Carnation Revolution. Thus it accumulated a number of sympathizers and well-wishers, especially among left-wing circles in the Spanish youth. Franco’s illness was also interpreted as an omen for a wide-open future and a promise of success for the PCE(r)'s ambitions and goals.
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