Galiza Nova is the
youth organisation of the
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) whose basic function is the organisation and mobilization of
youth in order to achieve the
national liberation of
Galicia and the social transformation of the modern society. Its operation is based on assemblearism, with a decentralized structure divided in local and regional assemblies. The highest political body is the National Assembly that is held every two years, and where all the membership has the right to attend. Although originally it was an independent organisation, it quickly began to work as the youth organisation of the
Galician Nationalist Bloc, until the II Assembly (
Compostela, 1990), absorbed
ERGA and the
Union of the Galician Youth, approved the admission into the
BNG. They define their political objectives as the: "
national liberation and the transformation of
society (without national,
class or gender
oppression/
exploitation and totally
demilitarized)," claim a fully sovereign
Galiza as the final culmination of the process of national
self-determination. Galiza Nova also defends that the relationship between the different
nations of the world should be based on
equality and
internationalist solidarity. Galiza Nova is also against the
NATO and defends a
Europe of the peoples as opposed to the current
European Union of the states. Until its abolition in 2002, the organisation was a strong opponent of
conscription and supported
insubordination against it. Galiza Nova was opposed to the ratification of the
European Constitution, the Organic Law on Universities and the Organic Law of Education, the
war in Iraq, holding a Council of Ministers in
A Coruña (during the crisis caused by the sinking of the
Prestige oil spill), the celebration of a military parade of the
Spanish Armed Forces and the placing a large
Spanish flag in the
same city and recently showed his support for
Hugo Chávez,
Evo Morales and
Fidel Castro with the slogan "Only the peoples that struggle win. Galiza with the revolution." Galiza Nova had an internal crisis between 2009 and 2012 due to the political differences between
Isca!, the
Galician Nationalist Youth and the
Union of the Galician Youth which ended with the victory of the
Union of the Galician Youth, the departures of
Isca! and the
Galician Nationalist Youth from the organisation and the split of the
Galician Student League and the
Movemento Estudantil Universitario from the
Comités. In 2013 and 2014 Galiza Nova organised, along with other youth organisations and 3 student unions, demonstrations for the independence of Galicia the eve of the
Día Nacional de Galicia. ==Festigal==