Symbols of Francoism right and extreme left, often degenerating into violence. On the right, the traditionalist Carlist movement revived. In 1933, the aristocratic José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of the former dictator, founded the far-right Falange movement, similar to the Italian Fascists. In February 1934 the Falange merged with the "Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista" (J.O.N.S), another right-wing group. Left-wing trade unions staged industry-wide or citywide strikes, and in Catalonia Marxist and Anarchist groups competed for power. Landless laborers seized land, occupied estates and burned churches. At a time of political crisis, on 17 July 1936, General Francisco Franco led the Spanish colonial
Spanish Catholic Movement Spanish Catholic Movement Spanish Catholic Movement (Movimiento Católico Español in Spanish, MCE) is a Spanish ultra-catholic and clerical fascist political party. The party also considers itself francoist and a follower of the ideas of José Antonio Primo de Rivera. The party uses the Cross of Saint James as its main symbol. MCE was founded in 1981 as a splinter group from Fuerza Nueva, led by José Luis Corral. In the Spanish general elections of 1982 the party received 996 votes, less than 1% of the total. In the following years the MCE organized masses, tributes to the Nazi Blue Division