Galician Workers' Party (in Galician: ''Partido Obreiro Galego'') was a

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in Galicia,

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History

POG was founded in October 1977, following a split from the

Galician National-Popular Bloc The Galician National-Popular Bloc (BNPG or BN-PG, ''Bloque Nacional-Popular Galego'' in Galician language) was a Galician people, Galician electoral candidacy. It had as the national sovereignty for Galiza as its main objective and as an altern ...

(BN-PG). POG was led by Camilo Nogueira and Xan López Facal. The founders of POG saw autonomy as a first step towards Galician self-rule. POG attracted members from various parties, like

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, Galician Socialist Party, Communist Party of Galicia and Workers Party of Spain. The majority of the membership of the Galician People's Assembly also entered the new party. At its peak POG had around 200 members, mainly based in

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and

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. In the 1979 general and municipal elections POG formed part of the coalition Galician Unity (''Unidade Galega''). In the 1980 plebiscite on the Galician Statute, POG advocated a blank vote. In December 1980 the party was reconstructed as Galician Left (''Esquerda Galega'').

References

Sources

* Manuel Anxo Fernández Baz, ''A formación do nacionalismo galego contemporáneo (1963-1984)'', Laiovento, 2003. * Beramendi, X.G. (2007): ''De provincia a nación. Historia do galeguismo político''. Xerais,

Defunct socialist parties in Galicia (Spain) Galician nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain Marxist parties in Spain {{Galicia-stub