Communist Movement of the Valencian Country

Communist Movement of the Valencian Country (Valencian: Moviment Comunista del País Valencià, MCPV) was a communist political party created in the Valencian Country during the last years of the dictatorship of Franco as the Valencian section of the Communist Movement. Originally the party was maoist and heavily pro-Chinese, but since the early 80's the party abandoned maoism in favour of heterodox marxism and started to support the new social movements, including feminism, LGBT and anti-militarism.

Communist Movement of the Valencian Country Moviment Comunista del País Valenciá
Leader	Cristina Piris Carles Dolç Just Ramírez
Founded	1972 as the Communist Movement of Spain in the Valencian Country 1976 Reorganization as the Communist Movement of the Valencian Country
Dissolved	1991
Merged into	Alternative Left Ca Revolta
Headquarters	València
Newspaper	Servir al Poble
Youth wing	Valencian Revolutionary Youth
Ideology	Communism Valencian nationalism Leninism Feminism Catalanism Maoism (until 1983)[1]
National affiliation	Communist Movement
Colors	Red
Local seats (1979-1983)	27 / 5,343
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

History

In 1977 a member of the party was killed by a fascist of Fuerza Nueva, in one of the first violent episodes of the "Battle of València".[2] 6,000 people attended his funeral.[3] The MCPV gained 27 town councillors[4] in the Spanish municipal elections of 1979. Due to bad electoral results in general elections, the party abandoned electoralism and supported street protests and social movements. It was highly influential in the anti-NATO campaign of the 80's and in the anti-Military service movement. The party joined Alternative Left in 1991.

References

1. MCPV - Universidad de Alicante Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
3. Sepelio de Miguel Grau. Pueblo. 18/10/1977
4. "MIR - Infoelectoral". Archived from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-01.