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Proletarian Catalan Party

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Proletarian Catalan Party
Partit Català Proletari
PresidentJaume Compte
Founded1934 (1934)
Dissolved1936 (1936)
NewspaperCatalunya Insurgent
Youth wingJoventuts del Partit Català Proletari
Membership500–800
IdeologyCommunism
Leninism
Catalan independence
Political positionLeft-wing
ColoursRed
Congreso de los Diputados (1936)
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Proletarian Catalan Party (Catalan: Partit Català Proletari, 1934–1936) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. PCP was founded in January 1934. Its main leader was Jaume Compte. PCP had its origins in the Estat Català-Partit Proletari, founded in 1932.[1]

The goal of PCP was the creation of a Catalan Socialist Republic.[2]

The party had a large influence with the trade union Centre Autonomista de Dependents de Comerç i Industria (CADCI).[1] In 1936 Peres Aznar, a PCP deputy in the Cortes, was elected president of CADCI.[3]

The party had around 500–800 members at its peak, mainly from Barcelona.[1] PCP published Catalunya Insurgent. Its youth wing was known as Joventuts del Partit Català Proletari.[2]

In 1936 PCP merged with other groups to form the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia.[1]

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