IPC was formed on 3 March 1979 through the merger of the Socialist Party of National Liberation - Provisional (PSAN-p) from the Catalan regions in Spain and the Socialist Organisation of National Liberation (OSAN) from the Catalan region of France.
Front groups of IPC included: In 1985, IPC took part in the formation of the Movement for Defence of the Land (MDT) together with the Socialist Party of National Liberation (PSAN).
IPC had worked for unity amongst Catalan independentists since 1983.
In 1988, the rivalry between IPC and PSAN leads to a split in MDT and two separate organisations, both called MDT emerge.
Later IPC dissolved itself into the MDT faction aligned with it.