El anticomunismo en la izquierda: a propósito del origen y la ruptura del Moviment Socialista de Catalunya (1945-1966)

Although the overthrow of the Francoist dictatorship was a shared aim, the Spanish Socialist and Communist parties were unable to reach the understanding necessary to create a political coalition against Franco until the very end of his regime. In contrast, in Catalonia, the Socialist Movement of Catalonia (MSC, in Catalan) and the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC, in Catalan) were able to overcome their animosity a few years before the death of the dictator – the Taula Rodona in 1966 was the first of a series of experiences. Only generational change within the leadership of the Socialist formations and a change of strategy within the Communist party made it possible to overcome the traumas of the Spanish Civil War and so permitted the beginning of an anti-Francoist collaboration. We used academic literature, and primary archival sources as well as the newssheet, Endavant, the mouthpiece of the MSC with the chronological framework of the MSC’s existence from its creation until its break-up: 1945-1966.