Brest Charter

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The Brest Charter was a document signed by several European far-left separatist groups in February 1974, in Brest, Brittany, France. [1] The Charter advocated for a Europe of independent socialist states and affirmed “the right of the oppressed people to respond to counter-revolutionary violence with revolutionary violence.” [1] The initial signatories were the Official branch of the Irish Republican Movement (represented by Eoin Ó Murchú), the Breton Democratic Union (UDB), and the Galician People's Union (UPG). [1] Herriko Alderdi Sozialista signed the charter a few weeks later. [1]

Other signatories included Cymru Goch, [2] Socialist Party of National Liberation, [2] Catalan Workers Left, [2] Su Populu Sardu, [3] and Occitan Struggle.

At the time, the Charter attracted little attention within the Official Republican Movement, which was more focused on establishing links with the Soviet Union. [1]

The Charter was reaffirmed at a gathering in San Sebastián in November 1977. [4] The Official Republican Movement, which was moving away from armed struggle, did not send a representative to a follow-up meeting in 1978. [4]

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