The Workers' Revolutionary Organisation (in Spanish

Spanish language

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: Organización Revolucionaria de los Trabajadores) was a Maoist

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 communist

Communism

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 organisation in Spain

Spain

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. ORT was founded in 1969, emerging out of the left-wing Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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 Workers' Trade Union Action (Acción Sindical de Trabajadores).

The youth wing of ORT was the Maoist Youth Union (Unión de Juventudes Maoístas) and the trade union

Trade union

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 wing was the Unitary Trade Union (Sindicato Unitario). ORT published En Lucha.

In the 1977 elections

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, ORT launched the Workers' Electoral Grouping (Agrupación Electoral de los Trabajadores). In 1979, ORT merged with the Party of Labour of Spain

Party of Labour of Spain

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 and formed the Workers' Party

Workers' Party (Spain)

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(PT).