The Movement for the Defence of the Land (

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: ''Moviment de Defensa de la Terra'', MDT) was the united front of the

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organisations of the

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; specifically the

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(PSAN),

Independentists of the Catalan Countries Independentists of the Catalan Countries (in Catalan: ''Independentistes dels Països Catalans'') was an independentist political party in the Catalan Countries. IPC was formed on 3 March 1979 through the merger of the Socialist Party of National ...

(IPC). In 1986 the movement split in two sectors: the MDT-PSAN and the MDT-IPC. In 1991 the

Communist Party of the Valencians {{Expand Spanish, Partit Comunista dels Valencians, date=January 2023 Communist Party of the Valencians (in Catalan: ''Partit Comunista dels Valencians'') was a political party in Valencian Community, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de Es ...

(PCV) joined the MDT. The MDT dissolved itself in 2014, and formed a new party:

Poble Lliure Poble Lliure (English: ''Free People'') is a Catalan socialist and independentist political organisation, which forms part of the Independentist Catalan Left. Poble Lliure was founded in November 2014 from historical militants of the Movement for ...

.L'MDT se'n va a Poble Lliure i anuncia la seva dissolució.
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