Sign in the portuguese border town of Valença do Minho where Espanha não é Galiza(Spain is not Galicia) can be read

Galician nacionalism is a social and political movement that claims the recognition of Galicia as nation. Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Norte  - Subregion Minho-Lima  - District or A.R. Viana do Castelo Mayor José Rodrigues  - Party PS Area 117. ... There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia, one of Spains autonomous communities. ... One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ...

Ideology

Inside Galician nacionalism we can find two main ideological currents:

• First, the biggest one, that claims a large autonomy, ou the transformation of Spain in a federalist state.
• The other one, independentist left-wing, campaigns for independence for Galicia from Spain and a break with the model of capitalist society.

Political federalism is a political philosophy in which a group or body of members are bound together (Latin: foedus, covenant) with a governing representative head. ... There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia, one of Spains autonomous communities. ... Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are mostly privately[1] owned and operated for profit, and in which distribution, production and pricing of goods and services are determined in a largely free market. ...

Nationalist political parties and nationalist organizations

• Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG) - Galician Nationalist Bloc
  • Unión do Povo Galego (UPG): "The Galician People's Union", a communist party
• Partido Galeguista (PG) - The Galician Party
• Frente Popular Galega (FPG) - Galician Popular Front
• Nós-Unidade Popular (Nós-UP) - People United (Galician Independist Party)
  • Primeira Linha - First Line (in galician Portuguese)
• Terra Galega (TEGA) - Galician Land
  • Coalición Galega (CG) - Galician Coalition (Centrist nationalist Galician Party)

The Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Galician Nationalist Bloc), BNG, is a political organisation in Galicia in Spain, founded in 1982. ... The Galician Peoples Union (Galician: Unión do Povo Galego) is a Galician nationalist and communist political party, and is one of the registered political parties of Spain. ... The term Partido Galeguista is the name of many political parties of Galicia: Partido Galeguista founded in 1931, directed by Castelao and Alexandre Bóveda. ... The Frente Popular Galega (in English: Galician Peoples Front) is a galician politic organization. ... Nós-Unidade Popular it´s an galician political organization, with natonalist ideas. ... Primeira Linha (First Line in galician Portuguese) is a political communist organization joined the Galician Movement of National Liberation, established in 1st of May of 1996, which expect the overcoming of the concrete national and social oppression imposed by the capitalism on Galiza in order to contribute to the world...

See also

• Galicianism (Galicia)
• Galicia
• Galician language
• Galician people
• Nationalities in Spain
• Celtic Nations

Saint James Cathedral Galicianism ideology with the nationalist objective of the defense of Galicia and its culture by the means of the establishment of its own institutions. ... There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia, one of Spains autonomous communities. ... Galician (Galician: galego, IPA: ) is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community with the constitutional status of historic nationality, located in northwestern Spain and small bordering zones in neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castilla y León. ... The Galician people (Povo Galego) is the ethnic group or nation native to the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia, in the Iberian peninsula of southwest Europe. ... Historically, the modern country of Spain was formed by the accretion of several independent Iberian realms through dynastic inheritance, conquest and the will of the local elites. ... The Six Nations considered the heartland of the modern Celts Celtic nations are areas of Europe inhabited by members of Celtic cultures, specifically speakers of Celtic languages. ...

External links

• History of Galician nationalism (in galician)
• Galician nationalism (in spanish)
• Celtic Galician Nation

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