Socialist Party of National Liberation

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Socialist Party of National Liberation
Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional
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The Socialist Party of National Liberation (

Franco Dictatorship
.

History

Origins

In March 1969 the Constituent Assembly of the party was celebrated. In this assembly the organization officially adopted a

creation of a Catalan socialist state
and the constitution of a Catalan socialist society in an international socialist society. The strategic line of the party was defined as:

  • Awareness of dual national and
    social oppression
    .
  • Organisation of the working class and other popular sectors.
  • Organizational autonomy and generalization of the struggle.
First flag used by the party, totally abandoned at the end of the 70s.

The PSAN also established some minimum points to negotiate with other parties:

Valencian Country and the Balearic Islands. The PSAN criticized the National Front of Catalonia
(FNC) for being in the past and established a new organizational model:

Its members at the time, between 50 and 100, were concentrated in

València
.

Since the September 11, 1969 the PSAN participated in the placement of estelades, political graffiti and posters. Some members were arrested due to those actions. At the same time, in December 1969 they were invited to join the Council of Political Forces of Catalonia, but they refused because of the Burgeois and moderate character of this body.

In September 1970 the PSAN encouraged its members to join

Esquerra Catalana dels Treballadors (ECT), the Valencian Socialist Party (PSV), Germania Socialista and the Comité Rossellonès d'Estudis i d'Acció
(CREA).

On January 16, 1971, the party called for a demonstration in Barcelona in solidarity with the people being tried in the Process of Burgos, with 200 participants. The PSAN also showed support to the Assembly of Catalonia, to avoid isolation and lose influence. Joan Josep Armet became the spokesman and intended to strengthen its popular and paraticipativo character and deepen its national character. In 1972 the party was in crisis because of its slow growth, especially in the unions, and some activists believed that changes were needed to energize the party. This critical members published, between 1972 and 1973, several magazines. In 1972 the youth section, Catalan Revolutionary Youth (JRC) was created. The PSAN also supported the militants of the Catalan Liberation Front (FAC), that were jailed or were being tried, but criticized the lack of serious political content in that organization.

After the Second Plenary Session of the

OCE-Bandera Roja, accusing them of being Spanish nationalists. The Catalan Revolutionary Youth
and the PSAN had also at the time the first confrontations, since the youth group wanted a more frentist approach to organization. The insurrectionsm of some sectors also caused internal problems.

The split of the PSAN-Provisional

In March 1973 the PSAN suffered a split of a more radical group, including the majority of the

València in 1974, the party being joined by people that would become very important members in the future: Josep Guia, Gonçal Castelló or Manuel Tarín among them. In April 1975 the PSAN joined the Democratic Council of Valencia. In 1976 the party gained presence in the Balearic Islands
.

In January 1976, the PSAN elected a new

PSAN-Provisional did the same with the Col·lectius d'Obrers en Lluita
, to enter the labor field.

In 1977 the party suffered a split from the moderate

Nacionalistes d'Esquerra (NE), the eurocommunist
section of the party.

From the 80's to today

Josep Guia and Jordi Fornas in 2013.

After the split of

ERC. The PSAN and Maulets were the only organizations left in Catalunya Lliure in 1993. The coalition was dissolved in 1996. Since then, the PSAN has been very isolated from the rest of the Catalan Independentist Left. Since 2010 the party supports Catalan Solidarity for Independence and joined the coalition in 2012.[2]

References

  1. ^ Vicenç Relats, Del naixement del PSAN fins a la Transició (1968-1978), Avui 16/06/2009
  2. ^ El PSAN da su apoyo a Laporta.
  • Fermí Rubiralta i Casas El nuevo nacionalismo radical. Los casos gallego, catalán y vasco (1.959-1.973) San Sebastián: Gakoa, 1977
  • Fermí Rubiralta i Casas Orígens i desenvolupament del PSAN, 1969-1974 (1988). Edicions La Magrana.

External links

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