page_title: Communist Party of Spain (international) (1975)
section_title: Ideology
hierarchical_section_title: Communist Party of Spain (international) (1975) / Ideology
caption_attribution_description: English: Variant of the red Estelada, Catalan flag
context_page_description: The Communist Party of Spain (international) was formed in 1975 after a split of the PCE-Linea proletaria took again the name of PCE, used by the Spanish Labour Party until 1974. The PCE defended the independence of the oppressed peoples of Spain, specially the Catalan one, from a working-class viewpoint. The PCE had its main stronghold in Barcelona. The party was illegal for all of its existence, and defended urban guerrilla tactics.
context_section_description: Its ideological basis were Leninism and Maoism. The PCE(i) was in favor of low-intensity urban guerrilla, and was contrary to political reforms and defended the independence of Catalonia, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.
  They were always an illegal and underground organization. Its symbol in Catalonia was the red estelada.
caption: PCE(i) Estelada
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