Canarian United Left

Canarian United Left (Spanish: Izquierda Unida Canaria, IUC) is the Canarian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Ramón Trujillo is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of the Canaries (PCC-PCE, Canarian federation of PCE) is the major member of the coalition.

Canarian United Left Izquierda Unida Canaria
General Coordinator	Ramón Trujillo[1]
Founded	1986 (1986) 1993 (1993) (refoundation)
Merger of	Communist Party of the Canaries Izquierda Abierta Inciativa por El Hierro Independents Party of Socialist Action-Canarian Socialist Current (1995-2001)
Ideology	Socialism[2] Anticapitalism Communism Republicanism Self-determination Feminism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	United Left
Electoral Coalition (since 2015)	Canarias Decide[3][4]
Town councillors	14 / 1,382
Website
iu-canarias.org iutenerife.org
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Organization

ICU has assemblies in the islands of Lanzarote, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and El Hierro. The organization had an electoral pact with Socialists for Tenerife (SxT), a split of PSOE in the island of Tenerife, between 2011 and 2015.

See also

• United Left (Spain)
• Canarias Decide
• Communist Party of the Canaries

References

1. "IUC se presentará en coalición en toda Canarias y no se siente representada por Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Puede". eldiario.es. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Canary Islands/Spain". Archived from the original on 5 December 2002.
3. JOSÉ Á. CARPIO (18 May 2015). "Elecciones municipales y autonómicas 2015: Candidaturas de IU, Podemos y Ganemos". RTVE.es. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
4. "Canarias Decide centrará su trabajo en la creación de empleo en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria". eldiario.es. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

External links

• Official page