- Estado Aragonés
Estado Aragonés ('Aragonese State' in English) was a small Aragonese left-wing political party, and the first regarded as fully nationalist. It was founded in
Barcelona in the winter of 1933, during theSecond Spanish Republic . Many of their members came fromUnión Aragonesista and had their origins in the north-east Aragonese region ofRibagorza . The president wasGaspar Torrente .The youth wing of the party, "Los Almogávares" ('The
Almogavars '), headed by Luis Porté, supported the declaration of theCatalan Republic byLluis Companys in 1934, what lead to their headquarters being closed down. The organization was quite inactive until 1936, when they opened a new head office and Miguel Alcubierre was elected as the president of the youth wing. He started a campaign for self-government in Aragon which aroused the interest of the rest of left-wing Republican parties.Those actions led to a Congress taking place in
Caspe (Saragossa ) at the beginning of May in 1936, with Torrente as the chairman. The result was the draft of a Statute of Autonomy for Aragon, which would not come to the light due to the onset of theSpanish Civil War . By 1939 the party had ceased to exist."Renacimiento Aragonés" ('Aragonese Revival') was the party's official publication. The party was in good relations with the Catalan party
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya .Estau Aragonés
In 2006, Estau Aragonés ("Estado Aragonés" in Spanish, "Estat Aragonès" in Catalan) was founded as a new political party, inspired by the one of 1933 in a sort of refoundation. It aims for the
independence ofAragon and the liberation of the Aragonese working class. The youth wing is Astral-Mozardalla d'Estau Aragonés.In 2007, both Estau Aragonés and Astral, along with other Aragonese pro-independence organizations (Chobenalla, Puyalón, A Enrestida and the Aragonese Workers' Union, STA) formed a political bloc, called "
Bloque Independentista de Cuchas " (Aragonese for 'Left-Wing Pro-Independence Bloc').cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-12-10-2007/abc/Nacional/un-nuevo-bloque-independentista-en-aragon-busca-derribar-la-hispanidad_1641121649880.html |title=ABC.es - Un nuevo bloque independentista en Aragón busca "derribar la Hispanidad"|language=Spanish|accessdate=2008-09-04]References
External links
* [http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=5293 Article on Estado Aragonés in the Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa] es
* [http://www.estadoaragones.org Official website of Estau Aragonés]
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