PCTE Announces Ástor García as Its Prime Ministerial Candidate

Held at the San Fermín Auditorium under the slogan “Towards the General Strike! Let Us Build the Workers’ Opposition!”, the meeting featured a round-table discussion with workers sharing their trade-union experiences and perspectives on organising the strike in their workplaces. The sectors represented included education, social intervention, forest firefighting, railways and students. The programme also included a speech by the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) General Secretary Ástor García, a concert and information stands.

The event formed part of the party's  campaign to build an independent working-class opposition to capital and its governments.

The central message was that the strike should be prepared and organised from workplaces rather than reduced to a demonstration or a one-day expression of discontent. PCTE called for the mobilisation to strengthen workers’ organisation and coordination across different sectors, establishing foundations for continued struggle after 11 November.

In a subsequent message on its official X account, the party thanked those who had attended the Usera meeting to hear different trade-union experiences and the communist proposal. It reiterated its call for workers to stop production on 11 November, using the slogans “Shoulder to shoulder. Class against class.”

Ástor García announced as candidate for President of the Government

PCTE also used its recent communications to announce that its General Secretary, Ástor García Suárez, will be its candidate for President of the Government in the 29 November general election.

In its announcement on X, the party described the PCTE ballot as “the ballot of the workers’ opposition against the capitalist consensus”, declaring that communists would participate in the electoral campaign with determination and enthusiasm.