Puerto Rican Communist Party

The Puerto Rican Communist Party (Spanish: Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño, PCP) is a communist party in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Communist Party

Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño
Founded1934
Refounded (19 June 2010)
Dissolved1991
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-imperialism
Puerto Rican independence
Political positionLeft-wing to Far-left
Colours     Red
Website
http://www.partidocomunistapr.org

History

The PCP was formed in 1934 by dissident members of the Free Federation of Workers (FLT), the union arm of the Socialist Party. Its Secretary-General was Ramón Mirabal. Its membership always remained small, but it played a major role in the formation of the General Confederation of Workers (CGT) in 1940. A couple of the primary union organizers were Juan Sáez Corales and Alberto E. Sanchez.[1][2] The PCP newspaper was Lucha Obrera ("Workers' Struggle"), and its motto "Pan, Tierra, y Libertad" (Bread, Land, and Liberty) was later used by the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

In the decades following the 1940s, the PCP never gained a large base of support, in part because of the existence of other left-wing parties such as the Puerto Rican Socialist Party and the Puerto Rican Independence Party. The party finally disbanded in 1991.[3]

In 2010, the Puerto Rican Communist Party was reborn, from a previous organization called "Refundación Comunista". It currently has a political training school called "Escuela Vladimir Lenin", that brings proletarian political education to schools, universities, and workers councils. A similar effort, the "Escuela Manuel Francisco Rojas", was created online to reach an ever-growing group of people connected to the web and social networks. It also published Abayarde Rojo, a weekly periodical that is directed to tackling the reality of Puerto Rico and class struggle.

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See also

References
  1. Article on People's World
  2. Article on Latin American Studies
  3. Info on web.archive.org
  • The case of Puerto Rico: memorandum to the United Nations by the Communist Party of Puerto Rico. Foster, William Z. 1881-1961 (intro) New York, New Century Publishers, 1953
  • Ayala, C.J.; Bernabe, R. (2009). Puerto Rico in the American Century: A History since 1898. University of North Carolina Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8078-9553-5. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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