Causa Galiza

Causa Galiza (Cause Galiza or Galician Cause) is a Galician left-wing Galician independentist political party. It was formed in 2012,[1] and transformed itself in a political party on March 2014. In the 2014 European elections the party supported both abstentionism or voting for the Galician Nationalist Bloc.[2]

Causa Galiza
SpokespersonHenrique Torres
Founded2012
Merger ofOrganizaçom para a Liberaçom Nacional and independents
HeadquartersSantiago de Compostela
Union affiliationConfederación Intersindical Galega
IdeologyGalician independence
Socialism
Political positionLeft
Website
causagaliza.org
Conference of the organization after the 2016 arrests.

Ideology

The party considers independence its main objective.[3][4] The party also supports socialism, feminism and the autonomy of the social movements.[5][6]

2015 arrests and process against the organization

On the 31 of October 2015 9 members of Causa Galiza were arrested under the accusation of being members of Resistência Galega and of "glorifying terrorism"[7] All the activities of the organization have been banned by the Audiencia Nacional for a period of two years, and Causa Galiza could be fully banned.[8] In December 2016 the party was legalized again[9]

References
  1. Causa Galiza abre proceso constituinte para crear unha nova organización independentista, asemblear e socialista. Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Causa Galiza acha lexítima quer abstencion, quer apoio pontual coligacióndo BNG e EH Bildu. Sermos Galiza.
  3. http://causagaliza.org/inicio.php
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Causa Galiza: Ideológia
  6. Causa Galiza: É necessária umha estratégia de confontaçom com o Estado para salvarmos o País
  7. Comparecen na Audencia Nacional os detidos de Resistencia galega. CRTVG, 02/11/2015 13:54.
  8. En liberdade os oito detidos e suspendida de actividades Causa Galiza. SANTIAGO / MADRID, 2 Nov. (Europa Press)
  9. A Audiencia Nacional devolve á legalidade a Causa Galiza. Praza Pública, 27/12/2016.


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