El otoño de Praga. Checoslovaquia y la disidencia ortodoxa en el comunismo español (1968-1989)

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the impact of the Czechoslovak crisis on the sociocultural construction of Spanish Orthodox communism. The orthodox communists were a current that had its base in the divergences arisen fruit of the change of course of the Communist Party of Spain in the final years of the Francoism and the Transition. In response to these changes, many communists felt the need to defend traditional communist principles. In this process, the role played by the Czechoslovak Communist Party (PCCH) stands out for its key profile in the history of this movement. This was the only party in the socialist camp that ended up breaking relations with the PCE, which allowed it to support all these parties and have a significant role on the road towards its unification. Czechoslovakia was the country through which the socialist countries directly helped this current in its first years of life.