AGIR (''ACT'' or ''REACT'' in English) is an organization of students with a Galician independentist and

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ideology. It's an organization that has presence in different comarcas of

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and is made up only of active students.

History

AGIR was created by the merge of 4 previous organizations: Independentist Students, the FER, the Galician Antifascist Students Assembly and CAMEM, being the FER, close to

Primeira Linha Primeira Linha (First Line in Galician language) was a communist organization which is part of the Galician Movement of National Liberation, which seeks, "to overcome the concrete national and social oppression imposed by capitalism on Galicia, ...

, the most supportive of the merge. The majority of the Independentist Students militants (the largest of the previous organizations) abandoned AGIR due to disagreements with the political line of the new organization. In the 2012 elections to the student representatives in the

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AGIR gained its first seat in the University Council. In 2014 elections AGIR won two seats.

Ideology, goals and structure

AGIR defends a

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in Galician language, not patriarchal, democratic and of quality. The organization fights against privatization and for an educational plan for

, in Galician language and against

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in the classroom. The organization is connected to Nós-Unidade Popular and specially to its youth wing, BRIGA. The central and basic body of AGIR are the different Committees of each college or secondary school in which they have presence.

References

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* Secessionist organizations in Europe 2001 establishments in Spain Galician nationalist parties Feminism in Spain Left-wing nationalist parties Socialism in Spain Student organisations in Spain {{Galicia-stub