Galician National-Popular Bloc
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Galician National-Popular Bloc
Bloque Nacional-Popular Galego |
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| Leader |
Lois Diéguez Bautista Álvarez |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Dissolved | 1982 |
| Merger of | UPG and the AN-PG |
| Succeeded by | Galician Nationalist Bloc |
| Student wing | Galician Revolutionary Students |
| Peasant wing | Sindicato Labrego Galego |
| Ideology |
Galician nationalism Revolutionary Socialism Sovereignism Left-wing nationalism |
| Union affiliation | INTG |
| Parliament of Galicia (1981–1982) |
2 / 71
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| Provincial deputations of Galicia (1979-1982) |
3 / 105
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| Town councillors (1979–1982) |
258 / 4,069
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The Galician National-Popular Bloc (BNPG or BN-PG, Bloque Nacional-Popular Galego in Galician language) was a Galician electoral candidacy. It had as the national sovereignty for Galiza as its main objective and as an alternative to autonomism. It was formed by the Galician People's Union (UPG) and Galician National-Popular Assembly (ANPG).
The candidacy was boosted by the UPG and was created as a group of voters to stand in the general election of 1977, since both the UPG and the AN-PG were not legal. In these elections the BN-PG obtained 22,771 votes, 2.02% of the votes in Galiza.
BN-PG organized numerous protests over a variety of issues (self-determination, ecologist causes, normalization of the Galician language, international solidarity, amnesty, ...). Among the biggest were the traditional demonstrations in the National Day of Galicia, were the BN-PG usually convocated large crowds. The biggest one was the 1978 demonstration, with around 35.000 protestors (according to Europa Press).
The party was heavily linked to the Intersindical Nacional Galega (industrial and services workers) and Sindicato Labrego Galego (peasants) unions and to a series of mass social movements and platforms, like the ecologist ADEGA.
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