Socialist Party of National Liberation - Provisional (in

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: ''Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional - Provisional'', PSAN-P. PSANp or PSAN (p)) was a pro-Catalan independence

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in the

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. The PSAN-P was formed in 1974, as a split of the

Socialist Party of National Liberation The Socialist Party of National Liberation ( Catalan: ''Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional'', PSAN) is an independentist and communist party active in Catalonia. The PSAN was created in 1968 following a split in the more leftist sector of ...

(PSAN). The main leaders of the party were Carles Castellanos, Eva Serra i Puig and Agustí Alcoberro.

Ideology and tactics

This new party was more in favor of armed struggle then the

PSAN The Socialist Party of National Liberation (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional'', PSAN) is an Catalan independence, independentist and Communism, communist party active in Catalonia. The PSAN was created in 1968 ...

, which forced a significant part of its direction into exile. The PSAN-P had a rupturist and national-popular character and supported direct confrontation with the state. The PSAN-P signed a treaty with

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and the

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(UPG) to work jointly with this

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. The party was also in favour of a "sectorial front"-like organization. Due to this the PSAN-P created and union, the

Col·lectius d'Obrers en Lluita ''Col·lectius d'Obrers en Lluita'' (Catalan for 'Collectives of Workers in Struggle') was a Catalan left-nationalist trade union. COLL functioned as the trade union wing of the Socialist Party of National Liberation - Provisional (PSAN-p). COLL, ...

, and helped two armed organizations; Arxiu (1978-1979), Exèrcit d'Alliberament Català and the Organització de la Lluita Armada (OLLA, 1974). In 1978 the PSAN-P and other organizations also created the ''Catalan Committee against the

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''. The PSAN-P joined

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 ...

in March 1979, and disappeared shortly after.

References

PSAN-p
Left-wing militant groups in Spain Political parties in Catalonia Political parties in Northern Catalonia Political parties established in 1974 Political parties disestablished in 1979 Catalan independence movement Anti-Francoism