Galiza Ceibe-OLN
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Galiza Ceibe-National Liberation Organization
Galiza Ceibe-Organización de Liberación Nacional |
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| Leader | Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1989 |
| Student wing | Galician Revolutionary Students (ERGA) |
| Youth wing | Xerfas |
| Ideology |
Galician independence Socialism Galician nationalism |
| Political position | Radical left |
| National affiliation | Galician People's Front |
| Trade union affiliation | Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos (INTG) |
| Colors | Red, white, blue |
| Local seats in Galicia (1983-1987) |
4 / 4,072
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Galiza Ceibe-OLN (in English: Liberated Galiza-National Liberation Organization) was an independentist and socialist political party in Galicia, Spain. Galiza Ceibe was founded on 1980 by the Galician Party of the Proletariat (Partido Galego do Proletariado, PGP) as a political and electoral front, originally to present a list in Vigo and in other galician municipalities under the name Agrupación Electoral Galicia Ceibe in the 1979 local elections.
The list gained 1,926 votes (2.22%) and no seats in Vigo and 2 town councillors in Salvaterra de Miño. In 1980 the PGP transformed Galiza Ceibe-OLN in a political party. In 1981 the PGP dissolved itself, and its militants joined Galiza Ceibe. Espiral was the party newspaper. The same year 16 Galician nationalists were arrested by police charged with membership of an armed band. Among the arrested there were several members of Galiza Ceibe. The arrests led to protests and riots, with the participation of the Galician People's Union and the AN-PG. All the detainees were released between 1981 and 1983. In the 1980 autonomy referendum Galiza Ceibe supported both abstention and negative vote.
In the autonomic elections of 1981 Galiza Ceibe and the PGP presented a candidacy to use the public media. The electoral campaign was used to support and raise awareness about the independentist prisoners and to call for abstention. At the end of the campaign the party announced its withdrawal from the elections. Despite the withdrawal and their calls for abstention, Galicia Ceibe gained 1,433 (0.15%) votes. The same year the organization called for a demonstration in Santiago de Compostela in the National Day of Galicia under the slogan Independencia e Socialismo (Independence and Socialism).
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