The Communist Party of the Galician People ( gl, Partido Comunista do Pobo Galego, PCPG) is a Galician political organization with a communist and independentist ideology founded in 1984.

History

The PCPG was established in 1984, in parallel to the process of rebuilding unity of the pro-Soviet Spanish communists that was happening across Spain, with the participation of various communist parties, like the

Party of Communists of Catalonia Party of the Communists of Catalonia ( ca, Partit dels i les Comunistes de Catalunya) was a communist party in Catalonia that existed from 1982 to 2014. The main organ of PCC was ''Avant'' and the theoretical organ was ''Realitat''. Every year the ...

or the

Unified Communist Party of Spain The Unified Communist Party of Spain ( es, Partido Communista Unificado de España, abbreviated PCEUMartínez de Sousa, José. Manual de estilo de la lengua española'. Gijón: Trea, 2001. p. 515) was a political party in Spain. PCEU was a pro-Sovi ...

, against the prevailing

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in the direction of the PCE and PCG. This process led to the founding of the Communist Party (PC), the predecessor of which was then

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(PCPE). The PCPG has participated in many elections. Its last participation was in the general elections 2008, presenting 3 candidates for the Spanish Senate in the province of Ourense, obtaining 4,243 (1.04% of the total), 3,428 (0.86%) and 3,413 votes (0.83%) respectively. The party also got 507 votes for the

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(188 in the

Province of Lugo Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, and A Coruña, the principality of Asturias, the State of León, and in th ...

and 319 in the Province of Ourense). In 2008 the PCPG broke with the PCPE due to their different view of the Galician national question. Since 2007 the PCPG has participated in the

Cangas Left Alternative Cangas Left Alternative (''Alternativa Canguesa de Esquerda'' in Galician language; ACE) is a coalition of 3 political parties and various independents in the municipality of Cangas, Pontevedra. History In the municipal elections of May 27, 200 ...

coalition in

Cangas do Morrazo Cangas, also known as Cangas do Morrazo, is a seaside resort in southwestern Galicia, Spain. It is both a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra. Its area is about 38,1 km² and has a population of around 26,087 inhabitants. ...

, which since 2015 governs that municipality. In 2011 and 2012 the PCPG participated in the Forum for the Galician Communist Unity (FUCG), trying to find the unity of the Galician independentist communism, along with the

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collective Ateneu Proletário Galego and the classical Leninist organization Forxa. Since 2014 the party has become closer to the

Galician Nationalist Bloc The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( gl, Bloque Nacionalista Galego, BNG ) is a political alliance of left-wing Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic front". Formed in 1982, under the guidance of historical leader Xosé Man ...

(BNG). In the European elections of 2014 the party called to vote for The Peoples Decide (a coalition of the BNG and various independentist parties from the rest of

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). In the 2015 local elections the PCPG called to vote the BNG candidatures. Various PCPG members joined some lists of the BNG.O PCPG SOBRE AS PRÓXIMAS ELEICIÓNS MUNICIPAIS DO 24 DE MAIO.
/ref> In the general elections of 2015 the party joined Us-Galician Candidacy, a coalition led by the

, that got the 4.32% of the vote. In the same elections the general secretary of the party run as a candidate for the Spanish senate in the

Province of Pontevedra Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe. The province forms the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, ...

, getting 31,375 votes (2.08% of the total), failing to win a seat.

Elections

Spanish Senate elections

References

External links

Official blog of the PCPG

Official Twitter
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