Communist Unification of Spain

A Spanish Marxist-Leninist political party based on Mao Zedong Thought.

It was founded in 1973 (under its current name), but its legalization did not occur until 1978, three years after Franco's death.

In the 1980s, it became known for its opposition to Spain's entry into NATO. From 1989 to 2000, it endorsed the United Left. Between 2007 and 2008, it endorsed the Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) and Citizens (Cs) parties as a way to oppose the Catalan independence movement, a decision that was harshly criticized by other left-wing parties.

It ran in the 2011 Spanish general election.

Starting in 2014, following the broad-front approach, it will promote the creation of Zero Cuts (RC), which will begin as a group of voters and evolve into an electoral coalition, with the participation of other parties such as the Greens-Green Group and the Castilian Party–Commoners' Land.

Communist Unification of Spain publishes two monthly magazines (Foros XXI and Chispas), a weekly newspaper (De Verdad), and a digital publication (De Verdad Digital).[7] It also has a network of ten cultural centers, which began in Madrid with the Ateneo Cultural Madrid XXI.[8]

Collective leadership

Secretary-General: Miguel Garre Olmos (1980s – 2010s)