Organization of Communist Left

Organisation of the Communist Left

Organización de Izquierda Comunista
Organisation of the Communist Left Organización de Izquierda Comunista
Basque name	Ezker Komunista Erakundea
Catalan name	Organització d'Esquerra Comunista
Galician name	Organización de Esquerda Comunista
Secretary-General	Dídac Fàbregas (1974-1978); José V. Villaescusa (1978-1979)
Ideology	1974-1977: Council communism; Left communism; 1977-1979: Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Radical left
Union affiliation	Comissiones Obreras Anticapitalistas
Colors	Red
	Politics of Spain; Political parties; Elections;

Organization of Communist Left (in Spanish: Organización de Izquierda Comunista, in Basque: Ezker Komunista Erakundea, in Catalan: Organització d'Esquerra Comunista, in Galician: Organización de Esquerda Comunista, OIC) was a communist political party in Spain founded in 1974. The OIC was a continuation of the existing Communist Workers Circles (COC), whose roots were in the Workers' Front of Catalonia (FOC), the Catalan version of the People's Liberation Front (FLP or FELIPE).

History

The organization had presence and influence in the labor movement of

Córdoba, Granada and Camp de Morvedre

.

The first Secretary General of the OIC was Dídac Fàbregas, who used the "nom de guerre" Jerónimo Hernández. On January 11, 1978 he resigned from his position as Secretary General due to a majority vote in the federal executive in which the fusion with the

Socialist Party of Catalonia-Congress

(PSC-C), where he was appointed as the head of the National Committee of Municipal and Urban Policy of this party.

In 1979 the OIC was finally absorbed by the

PSOE. In Mallorca the majority of the local OIC joined the Socialist Party of Majorca

(PSM).