Marxist-Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction)

Marxist-Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) Partido Marxista-leninista (Reconstrucción Comunista)
Secretary-General	Roberto Vaquero (currently in jail)[1]
Founded	October 2014, 06
Headquarters	c/ Tirant lo Blanc, nº 23, València (closed by court order)[2][3]
Youth wing	Joven Guardia Bolchevique
Ideology	Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Hoxhaism Anti-fascism Proletarian internationalism Republicanism
Political position	Radical left
International affiliation	ICOR International Freedom Battalion
Trade union affiliation	Federación Sindical de Clase[4] Coordinadora Sindical de Clase
Website
reconstruccioncomunista.es
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Marxist-Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) (Spanish: Partido Marxista-leninista (Reconstrucción Comunista), originally Spanish: Reconstrucción Comunista, RC) is a Marxist-Leninist and Hoxhaist political party operating in Spain, officially registered since 2014. Currently (2015) the party has presence in Euskal Herria, Mallorca, the Valencian Country, Catalonia, Andalusia, Galiza and Madrid.

History

RC was created by ex-members of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and of the Communist Youth Union of Spain (UJCE) who opposed the supposed revisionist political line of both organizations.^[5]

The party has strong ties with the Turkish party MLKP, and defends the Rojava Revolution and the Kurdish movement. Various members of the party have joined the International Freedom Battalion in Rojava and Sinjar. In July 2015 2 members of RC were arrested due to their involvement in the war against ISIS.^[6]

The 27 of January 9 members of the party were arrested by the Spanish police for collaborating with the PKK. Seven were later released, but two members, including the secretary general of the party Roberto Vaquero, were jailed.^[7] The 29 of January 2016 all the headquarters of the party were closed down by an order of the Audiencia Nacional and the party was "suspended for one year", which in practice means that RC is now banned.^[8]

References

1. Prisión para el líder de Reconstrucción Comunista por colaborar con el PKK kurdo. El Diario. EFE Madrid. 29/01/2016 - 17:15h
2. Registro de Partídos Políticos.
3. El juez prohíbe las actividades de Reconstrucción Comunista y envía a la cárcel a su secretario general El Mundo. ÁNGELES VÁZQUEZ, Madrid, 29/01/2016
4. Nace la Federación Sindical de Clase. Kaos en la red.
5. Del PCE a la guerra contra el Estado Islámico. La Verdad de Murcia. IRMA CUESTA, 15 abril 2015.
6. Detenidos dos comunistas españoles que lucharon contra el Estado Islámico. El País. JORGE A. RODRÍGUEZ Madrid 7 JUL 2015.
7. Prisión para el líder de Reconstrucción Comunista por colaborar con el PKK kurdo. El Diario. EFE Madrid. 29/01/2016 - 17:15h
8. El juez prohíbe las actividades de Reconstrucción Comunista y envía a la cárcel a su secretario general El Mundo. ÁNGELES VÁZQUEZ, Madrid, 29/01/2016