Democratic Labour Party (, PTD) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in

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founded in 2013. The PTD is present in

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, Aragón,

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and Castilla-La Mancha.

History

The party was founded in 2013. The PTD has been critical with the traditional language and discourse employed by the majority of

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organizations in

, supporting more flexible tactics and a political speech more "understandable" by the population. In 2014 the PTD absorbed two groups, Proletarian Union and a collective of ex-members of the Collectives of Communist Youth in Castilla-La Mancha.Resolución de la conferencia de Unidad Comunista entre el Partido del Trabajo Democrático, Ex Colectivos de Jóvenes Comunistas de Castilla La Mancha y Unión Proletaria.
/ref> The PTD participated in the primaries of Podemos for the

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, electing 1 candidate in the list (Virginia Muñoz, in the number 52). In the local elections of 2015 the party participated in various coalitions, gaining a town councillor in Alcorcón in the list of Ganar Alcorcón.

External links

PTD web site (in Spanish)

References

2013 establishments in Spain Communist parties in Spain Far-left politics in Spain Political parties established in 2013 Republican parties in Spain {{Spain-party-stub