The Socialist Collective (CS, Colectivo Socialista in Galician language) was a Galician political organization that was part of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG).

Socialist Collective
Colectivo Socialista
LeaderMario López Rico[1]
Founded1983 (1983)
Dissolved2012 (2012)
IdeologyGalician nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism

The organization was founded in 1983, when the Galician Socialist Party (PSG) decided not to join the BNG and a group of dissenting militants of the PSG formed the Socialist Collective, entering the BNG. CS was always very supportive of the Xosé Manuel Beiras leadership of the Galician Nationalist Bloc.[2]

The CS had about 150 militants in 2002. The leaders of the collective were Mario López Rico and Francisco Trigo Durán. The collective dissolved in 2012.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Colectivo socialista". mais.vieiros.com.
  2. ^ "O Colectivo Socialista do BNG cre que Beiras segue sendo o mellor candidato á Xunta". www.lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ Internet, Unidad Editorial. "La reinvención del BNG". www.elmundo.es.

Sources edit

  • Beramendi, X.G. and Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1996): O nacionalismo galego. A Nosa Terra, Vigo
  • Beramendi, X.G. (2007): De provincia a nación. Historia do galeguismo político. Xerais, Vigo
  • Manuel Anxo Fernández Baz (2003), A formación do nacionalismo galego contemporáneo (1963-1984), Laiovento.