Party of Labour of Spain

Communist Party of Spain (international) (in Spanish: "Partido Comunista de España (internacional)"), was a political party in Spain. It was formed around 1967, following a split from the 'Unidad' group within the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC). The Catalan group unified with small splinter fractions of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), especially from Seville.

At the 2nd congress of PCE(i) in 1975 the party changed its name to Party of Labour of Spain (in under the name "Partido del Trabajo de Andalucía".

The same year PTE joined the Democratic Junta of Spain.

The leader of PTE was Eladio García..

The central organ of PCE(i)/PTE was "Mundo Obrero Rojo" (-1975). In 1975-1977 it published "El Correo del Pueblo" and 1977-1979 "Unión del Pueblo". The Euskadi National Committee of PTE published "Jeiki" and the Catalonia National Committee published "Avant".

In 1977 PTE formed the Democratic Left Front (FDI) to contest the Spanish general election. In Catalonia it formed a coalition with the Republican Left of Catalonia, and contested as Left of Catalonia ("Esquerra de Catalunya"). In the same year the Communist Unification Party (PCU) merged into PTE.

In 1978 a section of the Catalan branch of the party broke away and formed a separate Party of Labour of Catalonia (PTC). In the 1979 general elections PTE got 192,330 votes (1.07%). Later the same year PTE merged with the Workers Revolutionary Organisation (ORT) and formed the Workers Party (PT).

External links

* [http://www.pte-jgre.com Asociación por la Memoria Histórica de PTE y JGRE]
* [http://www.ptc-jgr.org/ Web of ex-militants and sympathizers of PTC and JGR]