is still) in the vast majority of the people, of course more strong particularly in the working class. The fascist always found resistance, and even with the indirectly support (and directly sometimes) of the State they weren’t able to grow very significantly.
In the other hand in the 1 of May of 1998 a Young pro-independence and socialist organization appear. Was initially formed by Marxist-leninists, marxists and libertarians… with a national conscience that united to develop a pro-independence and socialist struggle.
This and others were the first steps forward with the hope of creating a bigger movement. In the present days we can say this we have one: the Muvición Popular Cántabra de Liberación Cántabru (the MPCL- Cantabrian Popular Movement of Liberation in english).
The MPCL as a movement, is formed by different organizations (Regüelta, Abora, Conceju Nacionaliegu Cantabru, Conceju Cantabru Popular, L’Argayu…) and individuals that first we have in common the struggle for defend our culture, country and a national rights, and as a first main objective the construction of a national, real democratic and social Republic for Cantabria.
But the main ideologies in the principal organizations as well in the individuals members of the Movement is the Socialism and Communism (m-l). Some individuals and members of the organizations have libertarian ideals as well.
If we look back after the war and the invasion the red flame was carried principally by organizations with very little sense of national identity. They were Cantabrian branches of Spanish Organizations under Madrid orders where most or many of the members had Spanish mentality. Even this they played in a sense their role as left-wing and trade-union activists in Cantabria, keeping the red flame alive in the Country mainly fighting against fascist and for better conditions in work. Little political progress was made because they didn’t have their own political strategy and ideas for their Country. They didn’t have a real and proper sense of national identity and clear positions of National recognition. They weren’t able to give the answers that Cantabria and its People really need.
A consequence of all this was traduced in a less and less implication of the People in the political activity. Even most of the People keep left-wing and antifascist mentality popular, social and political activism declined strongly till the latest ’90 and the early years of the new millennium. Now we are recovering but far away for the ’80 and ’70.
From 1998 the influence of Spanish political organizations had declined in the Cantabrian political map. The only organizations that they are still powerful and referents are in the areas that no national organizations are settled, as for example the Unions. In this area there is one union (Unitarian Union) that is the most pro-cantabrist one and have a very progressive view of the National struggle. Actually many members of the MPLC are members of this Union. The U.U. tried, and still tried to make a Federation of Cantabrian Unions, focused in Cantabria and in the Cantabrian working class problems. But we find many obstacles in the way from some member and mainly other Unions that they have Spanish mentality or are happy enough with the actual situation.
But in the general map the Spanish influence declined. This is a consequence of the growing and expansion of the national identity and National struggle with Socialist and Communist ideals since the latest ‘90. From the early years the socialist young organization of the MPLC is a reference and lead the activity with the young people, making their one propaganda and activities, supporting apart of that many other fights like the ones of green organizations, workers…
The social recognition of the activists and ideals of the MPLC keep increasing. We can see that the most successful mobilizations and activities of individual organizations are the ones carried out by MPLC organizations. Also we participated in united events, like the 1 of May, with other left-wing organizations even they are Can