Movement for Defence of the Land

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Movement for Defence of the Land
Moviment de Defensa de la Terra
Founded1984 [1]
1998 [2]
Dissolved2014 [3]
Merger of PSAN
IPC
PCV
Succeeded by Poble Lliure
Headquarters Barcelona
Youth wing Maulets
Ideology Socialism
Catalan independence
Anti-capitalism

The Movement for the Defence of the Land (Catalan: Moviment de Defensa de la Terra, MDT) was the united front of the socialist independence organisations of the Catalan Countries; specifically the Socialist Party of National Liberation (PSAN), Independentists of the Catalan Countries (IPC). [4] In 1986 the movement split in two sectors: the MDT-PSAN and the MDT-IPC. In 1991 the Communist Party of the Valencians (PCV) joined the MDT. The MDT dissolved itself in 2014, and formed a new party: Poble Lliure. [5]

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References

  1. As a political organization.
  2. As a political party.
  3. To create Poble Lliure.
  4. Catalunya, qüestió d'estat. Vint-i-cinc anys d'independentisme català (1968-1993). Jaume Renyer. El Mèdol, 1995
  5. L'MDT se'n va a Poble Lliure i anuncia la seva dissolució.