Galician Party of the Proletariat


Galician Party of the Proletariat
Partido Galego do Proletariado
LeaderXosé Luís Méndez Ferrín
Luís Soto
Founded1978 (1978)
Dissolved1980 (1980)[1]
NewspaperSempre en Galiza
Student wingGalician Revolutionary Students (ERGA)
Armed wingLoita Armada Revolucionaria (LAR)
IdeologyGalician independence
Marxism-leninism
Socialism
Anti-imperialism
Political positionRadical left
National affiliationGaliza Ceibe-OLN
Trade union affiliationIntersindical Nacional Galega (ING), Movimento Asambleario de Traballadores (MAT)[1] and Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos.
Local seats in Galicia (1979-1980)
5 / 4,072

The Galician Party of the Proletariat (PGP) was a party galician independentist and Marxist-Leninist party formed in March 1978, as a continuation of Galician People's Union-Proletarian Line, a split of the original Galician People's Union. The Central Committee was clandestine, and even the party militants didn't know the members of it. The party supported armed struggle, which considered as anti-imperialist and anti-oligarchic. Its official magazine was called Sempre en Galiza.[2]

History

In 1979 Galician Unity included, as independent candidates, several militants of the PGP in their lists for the municipal elections. In those elections the PGP got three of its members elected as town councillors (Santiago de Compostela, Monforte de Lemos and Vilaboa). The PGP also constituted a platform that ran the elections in the municipality of Vigo[3] and supported other lists, obtaining 2 town councillors in Salvaterra de Miño.[4] The PGP also presented several lists, under the common name of Agrupación Electoral Galicia Ceibe in other towns, without gaining any representation.[5]

After the local elections, the party formed Galiza Ceibe-OLN as its mass front and Loita Armada Revolucionaria as its armed wing. The emergence of Loita Armada Revolucionaria caused the police arrest in 1980 of several leaders of the organization, including Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín. The party also had a remarkable influence in the Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos.

The party stopped working in 1980.

References

  1. ^ a b "Da viabilidade económica das pequenas naçons [1]". www.primeiralinha.org.
  2. ^ Always in Galiza, a clear reference to the book of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao.
  3. ^ The list gained 1,926 votes (2.22%) and no seats in Vigo. http://www.infoelectoral.interior.es/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html Archived 2016-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ With the name Asemblea de Viciños do Condado (Neighbors's Assembly of O Condado), that also included independent candidates. Novas da Galiza. 15 de JunHo a 15 de JulHo de 2011.
  5. ^ Muros, A Coruña, As Pontes de García Rodríguez, O Barco de Valdeorras, A Coruña and Ourense. Novas da Galiza. 15 de JunHo a 15 de JulHo de 2011.

Sources

  • Miguel Anxo Fernández Baz, A formación do nacionalismo galego contemporáneo (1963-1984), Santiago de Compostela, 2003.