Castilian Popular Unity (Spanish: Unidad Popular Castellana, UPC) was a leftist nationalist political party active in the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and Leon. It defended the national recognition of Castile and its independence.
Castilian Popular Unity Unidad Popular Castellana | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Doris Benegas |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Dissolved | 2002 |
| Merged into | Castilian Left |
| Youth wing | Castilian Revolutionary Youth |
| Ideology | Revolutionary socialism Left-wing Nationalism Feminism Castilian nationalism Communism |
| Women organization | Mujeres Castellanas |
| Colours | Purple |
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History edit
UPC was founded in Valladolid in 1983 as Popular Unity-Revolutionary Unity, changing the name some months later. The majority of its members were young leftists and ex-members of the Communist Movement. UPC only had a stable presence in Castilla y León, specially in the provinces of Burgos, Valladolid and Segovia.
UPC had close ties to the Basque coalition Herri Batasuna.[1]
In 2002 the party merged with Izquierda Comunera, Mujeres Castellanas and the Castilian Circle of Toledo to create Castilian Left.