FELN
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Spanish National Liberation Front
Frente Español de Liberación Nacional (FELN) |
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| Founder | Julio Álvarez del Vayo |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Dissolved | 1970 |
| Merger of | Together with PCE (m-l) and Vanguardia Socialista gave origin to the Revolutionary and Patriotic Antifascist Front (FRAP) |
| Headquarters | Belgium and France |
| Newspaper | FELN and ¡Frente! |
| Ideology |
Spanish republicanism Left-wing nationalism Anti-Francoism Revolutionary socialism Third worldism |
| Colors | Red, Yellow and Murrey (Spanish Republican colors) |
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Spanish National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente Español de Liberación Nacional), better known by its acronym FELN, was a Spanish Republican antifascist opposition group based in Belgium and France active between 1963 and 1970. Its founder was Julio Álvarez del Vayo.
The FELN was founded in February 1964 after the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) abandoned the armed struggle under the leadership of Santiago Carrillo, which resulted in the waning of the activity of the Spanish Maquis. The new group was led by Julio Álvarez del Vayo and other communists who were disappointed by the PCE's shift in policy and who wanted to keep the armed struggle going against Francoist rule. Its main points were two:
FELN's line, beside being pro-Republican and anti-Francoist, was very Anti-American, being one of the first groups demanding the closure of US military bases in Spain. Álvarez del Vayo's ambition of having a Republican movement continuing the armed struggle of the Maquis within Spain was thwarted, however, by the effectiveness and ruthlessness of the Spanish police network, which included the Armed Police (Policía Armada), the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) and the Political Police Division (Brigada Político-Social). Therefore, the Spanish National Liberation Front remained small and its activity largely marginal throughout its history. Álvarez del Vayo was often gently mocked or dismissed in certain exiled Spanish Republican and Communist circles for harboring an optimism that was not founded on the realities on the ground.
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