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Canarian People's Union

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Spokesperson
  
Fernando Sagaseta

Dissolved
  
1986 (1986)

Founded
  
1979 (1979)

Political position
  
Far-left

Ideology
  
Canarian nationalism Socialism Anti-capitalism Environmentalism Canarian independence (some factions)

Trade union affiliation
  
Sindicato Obrero Canario (SOC)

The Canarian People's Union (Spanish: Unión del Pueblo Canario, UPC) was a left-wing nationalist political coalition operating in the Canary Islands. The party aim was self-determination for the islands and socialism. It was a coalition between various political parties and groups, with a communist, pro-independence or nationalist ideology.

Members of the coalition

The political parties that formed the Coalition were:

  • Communist Party of the Canary Islands (provisional) (PCC(p)), later called Party of the Canarian Revolution.
  • Células Comunistas (CC)
  • Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries (PUCC), later called Revolutionary Left Movement of the Canarian Archipelago.
  • Canarian Assembly (AC)
  • Socialist Party of the Canary Islands (PSC), split of the Popular Socialist Party
  • Canarian Nationalist Autonomous Confederation (CANC)
  • Radicales de Base, linked to the United Canarian People (PCU).

    • References

    Canarian People's Union Wikipedia
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