The Galician Student League (LEG, ''Liga Estudantil Galega'' in Galician language) is a

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 education, in galician language, democratic, of quality and not

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. It is an open organization, which is governed by internal democracy and horizontal assemblies. In the LEG can participate any high school, vocational training or university student.

History

The LEG was born on March 26, 2011, at the Faculty of Law of Santiago de Compostela, after a rupture of more than 150 militants of the

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with this organization. The splitters accused the

of ''antidemocratic practices'' and of being totally controlled by the

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. Among the splitters were the militants of youth organizations like Isca!. In April 2012 the first National Assembly of the organization takes place in

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. The same year, in May, the League was the most voted student organization in the

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 ...

elections, gaining 20 of the 75 student seats in the University Council. In the 2013 elections in the

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the LEG won 3 of the 60 student seats. In 2014 the League was again the most voted student organization in the

elections, gaining 24 of the 75 student seats in the University Council. Since its foundation the LEG has called for several student strikes, including 5 along with the other

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unions, AGIR and

. In 2016 the organization joined

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Ideology

The Galician Student League has clear ideological position and rejects apoliticism. The organization openly defines itself as

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, "independentist" and

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and participates in acts of non-student character, as

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language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...

, labor and

protests.

References

External links

Official website
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