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Azarug is a leftist youth organization of the
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Azarug is a leftist youth organization of the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
founded in 1992 that seeks the independence of the archipelago.
It defines itself as a leftist revolutionary pro-independence organization. Its principles include anti-imperialism
Anti-imperialism in political science and international relations is opposition to imperialism or neocolonialism. Anti-imperialist sentiment typically manifests as a political principle in independence struggles against intervention or influen ...
, anticapitalism
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, ecologism
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, antimilitarism
Antimilitarism (also spelt anti-militarism) is a doctrine that opposes war, relying heavily on a critical theory of imperialism and was an explicit goal of the First and Second International. Whereas pacifism is the doctrine that disputes (especi ...
and feminism
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...
, as well as the strengthening of Canarian culture and identity (''la difusión, fortalecimiento y defensa de los valores que constituyen la Identidad Nacional Canaria'') by promoting Amazighism.
It functions as an assembly-centered and horizontal organization, seeking to implement direct democracy
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the Election#Electorate, electorate directly decides on policy initiatives, without legislator, elected representatives as proxies, as opposed to the representative democracy m ...
and autogestion within its structure.
History
Azarug was founded inTenerife
Tenerife ( ; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands, an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. With a land area of and a population of 965,575 inhabitants as of A ...
by uniting the youth wings of the National Congress of the Canaries
The National Congress of the Canaries (; CNC) is a separatist political party in the Canary Islands, Spain.
Ideology and goals
CNC supports independence for the Canary Islands. The CNC was founded in 1986 by Antonio Cubillo, former general secreta ...
(CNC) and the Popular Front of the Canary Islands
The Popular Front of the Canary Islands () or FREPIC-AWAÑAK is a marginal leftist political party seeking independence from Spain for the Canary Islands.
FREPIC-AWAÑAK was formed by merging minority Canarian political organizations such as Or ...
(FREPIC-AWAÑAK), seeking to overcome the confrontation between these two political parties. Later members of other parties such as Izquierda Verde - Izegzawen joined Azarug. After the creation of a new island assembly in Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...
the group became increasingly leftist, adding the socialist red star to its symbol./ref> Although it disagrees with some of the policies of
Antonio Cubillo
Antonio de León Cubillo Ferreira (3 June 1930 – 10 December 2012) was a Spanish Independentist, politician, lawyer and militant from the Canary Islands.
Biography
Cubillo was born on 3 June 1930 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. He was marrie ...
, since Azarug does not condemn the past violent policies of the MPAIAC, it is viewed by rightists as one of the groups that seek to minimize terrorism
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...
in the Canary Islands.See also
*Canarian nationalism
Canarian nationalism is a political movement that encourages the national consciousness of the Canarian people. The term includes several ideological trends, ranging from a demand for further autonomy within Spain to the right to self-determinat ...
*List of active separatist movements in Africa
This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Africa. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism.
Criteria
What is and is not considered an Autonomism (political doctrine), autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes content ...
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Anti-capitalist political parties Canarian nationalist parties Direct democracy parties Feminist parties Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain Political parties established in 1992 Political parties in the Canary Islands Youth wings of political parties in Spain Feminist organisations in Spain