Workers' Party (Spain)

Workers' Party
Partido de los Trabajadores
Secretary-GeneralMarc Palomo
Founded1979 (1979)
Refounded in 2009 (2009)
Dissolved1987 (1987)–2009 (2009)
Merger ofParty of Labour of Spain
Workers Revolutionary Organisation
NewspaperYesca
Youth wingYoung Red Guard of Spain
IdeologyMarxism-Leninism
Maoism
Antifascism
Federalism
Political positionFar Left
Trade union affiliationConfederación de Sindicatos Unitarios de Trabajadores (CSUT) and Sindicato Unitario
Regional parliaments (1979-1983)
1 / 1,268
Provincial deputations (1979-1983)
1 / 1,152
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Mayors (1979-1983)
20 / 8,122
Town councillors (1979-1983)
369 / 67,505

Workers' Party (in Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores) is a communist political party which operates in Spain. It was founded in 1979 through the merger of the Party of Labour of Spain (PTE) and the Workers Revolutionary Organisation (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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