Puerto Rican Communist Party Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño | |
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| Founded | 23 September 1934[1] |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Succeeded by | Communist Party of Puerto Rico |
| Newspaper | Lucha Obrera ("Workers' Struggle") |
| Ideology | Communism Anti-imperialism Puerto Rican independence |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red |
The Puerto Rican Communist Party (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño, PCP) was a communist party in Puerto Rico founded on 23 September 1934[2] following the sugar strikes on the island that same year. Relevant members include General Secretary Alberto E. Sánchez, president Juan Santos Rivera, and Jose A. Lanauze Rolón. The party emerged out of a turbulent political moment where faith in previous workers parties and organizations, such as the Socialist Party and the Free Federation of Workers, was waning and the Puerto Rican economy was experiencing a downturn. While membership remained small, the PCP interacted and influenced the labor and political space of mid-20th century Puerto Rico as well as political spaces outside of the island. These interactions include those with the Popular Democratic Party, The Communist Party of the United States of America, and the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico.
- ^ Las políticas poblacionales en Puerto Rico: Cinco Años de Dominación Colonial. Arnaldo Torres Degró. Ph.D. Thesis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía. Madrid, Spain. 2004. p. 325. Accessed 3 May 2022. Archived.
- ^ Las políticas poblacionales en Puerto Rico: Cinco Años de Dominación Colonial. Arnaldo Torres Degró. Ph.D. Thesis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía. Madrid, Spain. 2004. p. 325. Accessed 3 May 2022. Archived.