Izquierda Castellana

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Izquierda Castellana (IzCa) is a leftist nationalist political movement of the Spanish historical region of Castile.

[edit] History

Izquierda Castellana constituted a definitive movement in Madrid by the year 2002, as part of Izquierda Comunera, which also contained the Unidad Popular Castellana, YESCA (Juventudes Revolucionarias Castellanas,) Mujeres Castellanas and the Círculo Castellano de Toledo. The Communist Party of the Castilian People (a part of the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain in the autonomous region of Castilla y León) joined on as part of Izquierda Castellana, but later left the organization. Izquierda Castellana is international, because it supports various nationalist movements around the world such as those in the Basque Country, Palestine or Ireland, emphasizing a democratic perspective and the sovereignty of the working class.

On 23rd April 2006, four members of Izquierda Castellana were accused of trying to hurt a resident of Castilla y León, Juan Vicente Herrera, during the ceremony of Villalar. They have been acquitted.[1]

[edit] Ideology

The goal of Izquierda Castellana is the attainment of what they call a united Castile, overcoming the current division of the Castilian "nation" between five autonomous regions (Cantabria, Castilla y León, Madrid, La Rioja and Castilla-La Mancha.) It emphasizes socialism, sovereignty and republicanism, principles they reaffirm each year, on April 23, in a special ceremony called Villalar de los Comuneros. This day is celebrated by nationalist organizations like Izquierda Castellana and Tierra Comunera as the National Day of Castile, but officially it is the festivity of the autonomous region of Castilla y León.