Erguer. Estudantes da Galiza (Erguer, ''Wake Up. Students of Galiza'' in Galician language) is a Galician

student union A students' union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, ...

that advocates for a public, democratic, galician language, quality and anti

patriarchal Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of Dominance hierarchy, dominance and Social privilege, privilege are primarily held by men. It is used, both as a technical Anthropology, anthropological term for families or clans controll ...

education. Any high school, vocational training or university student can join Erguer. Erguer also advocates for

Galician independence The Galician independence movement or the Galician separatist movement ( Galician: ''independentismo galego'') is a political movement (derived from Galician nationalism) which supports the independence of Galicia and ''Galicia irredenta'' (th ...

and a Republic of Galicia.

History

Erguer was born on 5 March 2016, at the "Colexio de Fonseca" (

University of Santiago de Compostela , established = , type = Public , budget = €228 million (2011) , rector = Prof. Dr. Antonio López Díaz , city = Santiago de Compostela , state = Galicia , country = Spain , undergrad = 23,835 , postgrad = 1,716 , doctoral = 2,697 ...

), as the merger of the three previous nationalist student organisations,

Galician Student League The Galician Student League (LEG, ''Liga Estudantil Galega'' in Galician language) is a students' union, student union that advocates for a public education, in galician language, democratic, of quality and not Patriarchy, patriarchal. It is an ...

, AGIR and

Comités Comités (''Committees'' in English language) is a student organization of Galiza. Formed from the union of the CAF-CAF (Comités Abertos de Facultade, ''Open College Committees'' in English) and the CAE (Comités Abertos de Estudantes, ''Open Stu ...

. Its first public action after the foundational assembly was to call for a student strike in all

Galiza Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and ...

for 13 April."A derogación da LOMCE non debe ser negociable".

El Correo Gallego ''El Correo Gallego'' is a Galician newspaper founded in Ferrol, Spain, by José María Abizanda in 1878. In 1938 its owner, Juan Sáenz-Díez García, moved the daily to Santiago de Compostela; since then the paper has been headquartered there. ...

References

{{Galician nationalism , state=collapsed

External links

Official website
Galician Nationalist Bloc Secessionist organizations in Europe 2016 establishments in Galicia (Spain) Galician nationalism Socialism Student organisations in Spain