Iniciativa Internacionalista

Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity among Peoples
Iniciativa Internacionalista-La Solidaridad entre los Pueblos
Leader Alfonso Sastre
Founded 2009
Merger of Izquierda Castellana
Comuner@s
Succeeded by The Peoples Decide
Ideology Revolutionary socialism
Communism
Left-wing nationalism
Feminism
"Independentism"
Anti-capitalism
Internationalism
Colours   Red
First act of Iniciativa Internacionlista in Barcelona
Propaganda poster

Internationalist Initiative–Solidarity among Peoples (II–SP) (Spanish: Iniciativa Internacionalista–La Solidaridad entre los Pueblos, Basque: Iniziatiba Internazionalista - Herrien Elkartasuna, Catalan: Iniciativa Internacionalista – La Solidaritat entre els Pobles, Galician: Iniciativa Internacionalista – A Solidariedade entre os Pobos) was an extreme left political coalition from Spain.

Composition

Party Scope
Castilian Left (IzCa) Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, La Rioja, Madrid
Internationalist Struggle (LI (LIT–CI)) Catalonia
Independentist Left of Aragon (CIA) Aragon
Red Current (CR)
Galician People's Front (FPG) Galicia

History

It was banned by the Supreme Court 2009 May, after press reports linked some of its candidates with those of the banned Basque separatist party Batasuna. Days later, on 22 May, the Constitutional Court cancelled the previous decision. The list failed to win any seat in the elections. The goals of the candidature were social justice, full democratic liberties, opposition to discrimination by reason of gender, and the right of self-determination of some of Spain's nationalities. The head of the European Parliament elections list was Alfonso Sastre, a well-known Spanish language playwright. The second candidate on the list is IzCa leader Doris Benegas Haddad and, at number 10, is Alicia Hermida, a well-known Spanish actress. After the failure in the elections, II disappeared.

Electoral performance

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election Vote % Seats
2009 178,121 (#7) 1.12
0 / 54