Socialist and Communist Parties 1931-1939 (Spain)

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• Popular Front 1936 (Frente Popular)
• Republican Left 1937 (Izquierda Republicana)
• Spanish Communist Party (Partido Comunista de España)
• Socialist Party (Partido Socialista)
• Unified Socialist Youth (Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas)
• General Worker's Union 1937 (Unión General de Trabajadores / UGT / socialist trade union)
• Joint Flag of the Communist and Socialist Parties 1937

See also:

• Political Parties 1931-1939 (Spain)
• Political Parties and Movements (Spain)
• Spain

Frente Popular

by José Manuel Erbez

Flag shown in a poster edited by the Communist Party with occasion of the elections of 16 February 1936. The image shows a soldier bearing this flag and the text says: "16 February. Higher than ever the flag of the Popular Front". The same flag is seen later in posters related to the International Brigades. Source: Jordi and Arnau Carulla, La Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles (The Civil War in 2000 Posters), 1999.

José Manuel Erbez, 14 March 2000

Izquierda Republicana

by José Manuel Erbez

Flag shown in a poster edited by Izquierda Republicana (Republican Left) in 1937. It is the Spanish republican flag bearing in its center a curious emblem made up with those of the political forces supporting the Republic against the rebels: the communists (hammer and sickle), the socialists (red star), the anarchists (red and black colours), the nationalists (Catalan bars and Basque crosses) and Izquierda Republicana (letters IR). The text says: "The flag of victory". Source: Jordi and Arnau Carulla, La Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles (The Civil War in 2000 Posters), 1999.

José Manuel Erbez, 14 March 2000

Partido Comunista de España

by Jaume Ollé

This is a flag of the communist party during the Spanish Civil War, currently under custody by the Spanish communist party.

Jaume Ollé, 1 February 1999

Partido Socialista

by Jaume Ollé

The image of the socialist party's flag is taken from a picture. The identification of the flag is unsure because I don't know any party called only Socialist Party, rather Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. I believe that the PS can be one of the parties that merged to originate the PSUC (Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia), but I don't know well the history of this party.

Jaume Ollé, 1 February 1999

Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas

all three by José Manuel Erbez

Three variants of the flag of the Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas (Unified Socialist Youth), from different posters. Source: Jordi and Arnau Carulla, La Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles (The Civil War in 2000 Posters), 1999.

José Manuel Erbez, 14 March 2000

Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) / socialist trade union

by José Manuel Erbez

Flag shown in a poster edited by the Unión General de Trabajadores (Worker's General Union, the socialist trade union) around 1937. Source: Jordi and Arnau Carulla, La Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles (The Civil War in 2000 Posters), 1999.

José Manuel Erbez, 14 March 2000

by José Manuel Erbez

Flag shown in a poster of the Communist Party from 1937. Two soldiers in a friendly attitude under a red flag, crushing on fascist symbols. The flag bears a curious device, a mixture of the communist emblem (hammer and sickle) and that of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (the anvil, the book, the inkpot and the pen). The text says: "The single party of the proletariat will crush fascism". Source: Jordi and Arnau Carulla, La Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles (The Civil War in 2000 Posters), 1999.

José Manuel Erbez, 14 March 2000