Communist Movement of Aragon
political party
Communist Movement of Aragón (in Spanish: Movimiento Comunista de Aragón. MCA) was the federated political party of the Communist Movement (MC) in Aragón. The MCA was founded in 1976, as the continuation of the Communist Organization of Zaragoza
Ideology
Originally the MCA was a Maoist party, inspired by the Chinese Cultural Revolution, but over the years, specially after 1981–82, the organization gradually abandoned its previous ideologies (Orthodox Marxism, Leninism, Maoism) in favour of more heterodox forms of Marxism. The party was also supportive of the Feminist, Aragonese language, LGBT and Insurbordinate social movements.
History
The MCA was founded by the members of the Communist Organization of Zaragoza and the militants of the Communist Movement in Aragón in early 1976. At the time the party was illegal. The MCA decided to run for the Spanish elections of 1977, the first democratic ones since 1936. The party was illegal so it had to run as the Aragonese Autonomist Front, in a coalition with the Carlist Party of Aragón. The coalition was only present in the Province of Zaragoza, where they gained 4,906 votes, the 1.11% of the total, failing to win any seat.
The MCA campaigned against the 1978 Spanish Constitution.
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