Galician People's Union

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Galician People's Union
Unión do Povo Galego
Politics of Galicia
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    • The Galician People's Union (

    communist political party, and is one of the registered political parties of Spain. The party publishes the magazine Terra e Tempo, and the secretary general is Néstor Rego
    .

    It was founded in 1964 with the intention of the independence of Galicia and its transformation into a socialist state. It caused the creation of nationalist fronts such as the

    Bloque Nacionalista Galego
    . Since 1982 it is one of the parties in the coalition. The current National Spokesperson (Ana Pontón) of the BNG is a member of the UPG.

    History

    First foundation

    In November 1963, Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín, Bautista Álvarez, Reimundo Patiño and Xosé Antonio Arjona, members of the literary group Brais Pinto, founded Unión do Pobo Galego as a communist and nationalist political party.

    Refoundation

    In 1964 the Youth Council, under the direction of

    Federation of the Galicianist Youth[c] (as Celso Emilio Ferreiro) and the Communist Party of Spain (Luís Soto) and independent left nationalists
    , a total no more than 25 people. In the first two years the party activities are reduced to sporadic contacts of its members and the publication of the journal Terra e Tempo, in which its first program was published in 1965:

    U.P.G. (Galician People's Union)

    A front that proposes to all

    Galicians
    to support the next minimum 10 principles:

    1. Galiza is a nation, and as such has the right to self-determination
      .
    2. The
      Galiza
      .
    3. The means of production, distribution and credit belong to the people.
    4. The
      collectivization of the rural land will start with a cooperative stage, as a previous phase to more developed forms of socialization
      .
    5. The small artisan business and industry will be concentrated in higher production units.
    6. The large capitalist enterprise will be socialized in an immediate.
    7. The administrative organization of the galician rural areas shall have as the core division the
      municipalities
      ), composed of districts.
    8. The education will be at the service of the people.
    9. The official language of
      Galiza will be the galician
      .
    10. The Galician
      Galiza with other peoples of the Iberian Peninsula.
      — The Ten Points of the UPG, Terra e Tempo Nº1

    At first the UPG had a line of collaboration with the PCE, but this collaboration did not last long, and the UPG and the PCE became rivals for the hegemony in the galician communist movement. The PCE was accused by the UPG of españolismo (Spanish nationalism/Hispanocentrism). The opposition to the construction of the dam of Castrelo de Miño (1966) was the first major public action of the UPG. The UPG organized the local peasants in Assault brigades that torched and burned the machinery. The UPG also helped the local peasants through an advocate of the organization.

    In 1971 the expulsion of Xosé Torres and his followers, who joined the

    Ferrol and Santiago de Compostela. Vigo
    thus became the core of an organization which at that time did not exceed 50 members.

    Expansion

    It is not until the formation of

    Galicia
    .

    This was followed in the spring of 1973 by the formation of the Fronte Obreira (Workers Front), directed by

    Comisións Labregas
    was created to organiza the peasants.

    In the context of the relationships established with other

    Movement of the Armed Forces
    (MFA).

    Moreover, since 1970 there were voices within the party that postulated the need for an

    armed struggle
    .

    Transition

    After the

    Sindicato Obreiro Galego[e] as requested by the UPG. As a result, the UPG and the PGSD
    left the CFPG.

    To concur to the

    Spanish constitutional referendum of 1978
    the UPG supported a No vote. In the
    Galiza (78,216 votes) and gained 258 town councillors and 9 mayors.[7]

    Between the months of April and May in 1981 the UPG experienced an internal crisis between the supporters of professionalizing and giving more weight to the

    Comisións Labregas
    and Agustín Malvido.

    After these dissensions, the UPG turned

    elections of 1982, the UPG declared himself opposed to any cooperation, since they saw the socialist government as the kind face of capitalism
    . In this environment, in December 1983 Mariano Abalo was elected secretary general of the UPG.

    Acceptance of the institutions

    In 1986, the UPG, and the

    Spanish Congress, provincial deputies, mayors and numerous town council members, always under the banner of the BNG
    .

    The party has also focused on social work through the

    Secretary General Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez. On 15 and 16 November the XII Congress was held in Santiago de Compostela with the slogan: O nacionalismo, a alternativa á globalización. Vivir, traballar e producir na nosa Terra ("Nationalism, the alternative to globalization
    . Living, working and producing in our land").

    References

    1. ^ Amador Rey and Daniel Niebla. This day is commemorated as the Day of the Galician Working Class.
    2. eldiario.es
      .
    3. eldiario.es
    4. ^ Hubo más de seis mil despidos, que finalmente se quedaron en 400(...)
    5. ^ Results of the elections in Galicia Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Results by province of the BN-PG:
      • A Coruña province
        : 8,027 votes (1.78%)
      • Lugo province
        : 3,909 votes (2.33%)
      • Ourense province
        : 2,412 votes (1.5%)
      • Pontevedra province
        : 8,423 votes
    6. ^ Results in Galicia. Results by province of the BN-PG:
      • A Coruña (province)
        : 23,247 votes (5.42%)
      • Lugo (province)
        : 11,834 votes (7,44%)
      • Ourense (province)
        : 7,899 votes (5.51%)
      • Pontevedra (province)
        : 17,909 votes (6.17%)
    7. ^ The results in Galicia. Results by province of the BN-PG:
      • A Coruña (province)
        : 69 town councillors and 27,737 votes (6.73%)
      • Lugo (province)
        : 77 town councillors and 18,509 votes (9.97%)
      • Ourense (province)
        : 67 town councillors and 10,767 votes (7.28%)
      • Pontevedra (province)
        : 45 town councillors and 21,203 votes (6.56%)
    • Fernández Baz, M. A. (2003). A formación do nacionalismo galego contemporáneo:(1963-1984). Laiovento. (in Galician)
    • Beramendi González, J. & Núñez Seixas, X. M. (1996). O nacionalismo galego. Edicions A Nosa Terra, Promocions Culturais Galegas, SA. (in Galician)
    • VVAA (2009). Moncho Reboiras. O nacionalismo galego nos anos 70. Fundación Bautista Álvarez. (in Galician)

    Notes

    1. ^ The name of the party is still written in the old pre-2003 AS-PG orthographic rules. In modern orthographic norm the name of the party is written as Unión do Pobo Galego.
    2. ^ The name of the party is still written in the old pre-2003 AS-PG orthographic rules. In modern orthographic norm the name of the party is written as Unión do Pobo Galego.
    3. ^ Youth wing of the original Galicianist Party.
    4. PCE (r)
      .
    5. ^ Galician Workers Union, the Galician nationalist union at the time.

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