Unitarian Candidacy of Workers
Unitarian Candidacy of Workers Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores | |
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| Leader | Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | 45 Miguel Cid St., Seville |
| Newspaper | Cutopia |
| Ideology |
Libertarian communism Andalusian nationalism Andalusian soberanism Internationalism Anti-capitalism Anti-atlanticism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation |
Podemos (2015-present) United Left (1986-2015) |
| Trade union affiliation | Andalusian Workers Union |
| Colors | Green, white, red |
| Slogan | For an Andalusian left bloc |
| Parliament of Andalusia |
2 / 109 (Inside Podemos) |
| Congress of Deputies |
1 / 350 (Inside Unidos Podemos) |
| Website | |
| lacut.net | |
The Unitarian Candidacy of Workers (Spanish: Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores, CUT) is a libertarian communist[1] and Andalusian nationalist[2] party in Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1979 with the name Collective for the Unity of Workers – Andalusian Left Bloc (Colectivo de Unidad de los Trabajadores-Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas, CUT-BAI), it forms part of the coalition United Left, which contains left-wing Spanish parties supporting the country's withdrawal from NATO. CUT current leader is Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor of Marinaleda, Seville.
In the IV Congress of the CUT-BAI, held in January 2014 in Seville, the party decided to rename itself, adopting the name Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores (Unitarian Candidacy of Workers).
On February 12, 2015 the CUT decided to abandon United Left because of their disagreement with the 'politicy of pacts' between this formation and PSOE. Although they also decided not to join any other party or coalition, the CUT asked to vote for Podemos, and participated in the lists of this party. Two candidates of the CUT were elected in the Parliament of Andalusia, María García and Libertad Benitez.[3] In the Spanish general election, 2016, CUT entered the Spanish Cortes Generales for the first time, as the party vice-leader and former mayor of El Coronil, Seville, Diego Cañamero, was elected as a deputy for the Jaén district running on the Unidos Podemos candidacy.[4]
References
- ↑ Marinaleda: The other Spain. Paragraph 6: "CUT-BAI has always obtained absolute majorities and defends and practices since then the libertarian and assembly communism."
- ↑ The difficult opposition to the system - El Periódico de Catalunya. Paragraph 1: "The CUT-BAI, self-defined as Andalusian nationalist, anticapitalist and defender of an international and classless society"
- ↑ María García y Libertad Benitez- lainformacion.com
- ↑ Diego Cañamero breaks bipartidism and becomes deputy for Unidos Podemos - Diario Jaén