Breton self -management socialist front – Wikipedia

The Breton self -management socialist front (F.S.A.B.) is a Breton socialist and self -management movement created the June 8, 1975 by the Breton action committees, Strollad Ar Vro, and Stourm Breizh.
After three months of existence he took the name of Breton Socialist Socialist Autonomist (F.A.S.A.B.).

The F.S.A.B. led support actions for workers’ and peasant struggles. He was dissolved in 1978.

The Breton Self -management Socialist Front (F.S.A.B.) was the June 8, 1975 By the Breton action committees, the Breton political party Strollad Ar Vro, as well as Stourm Breizh ^{[ first ]} , an organization “anarcho-independendantist” Breton created in the early 1970s ^{[ 2 ]} . This constitution had been prepared for about six months by a practice and debates common to several organizations which had met in Saint-Brieuc the November 30, 1974 ^{[ 3 ]} .

The Constitution took place in Menez Kamm the 7 and June 8, 1975 . The Declaration of Constitution says that a socialist and self -self -movement movement exists, by illustrating it by the strike of the French joint, the struggles of Pédernec, Redon, the struggles against authoritarian consolidation and military or nuclear implantations, the struggles for The right to live and work in Brittany, cultural struggles, etc. .

The movement will be brought to specify over time its political orientation thanks to a largely open common practice and debates.

The F.S.A.B. puts at this point in place at the level of all the countries and cities of Brittany structures making it possible to maintain the autonomy of each of the organizations composing it, to take initiatives and to preserve the unit

He claims to be “Open to any other organization or person determined to fight for self -management socialism in Brittany, in the service of the Breton people struggling for their release” .

Stourm Breizh detached from the F.A.S.A.B. in 1978 ^{[ 4 ]} .

The F.S.A.B., with other political groups, actively participated in the organization of a solidarity campaign with the Basque people, organized a demonstration during the Cornwall Holidays in Quimper, and a demonstration of support for the peasants contesting in Trébrivan. He prepares in connection with peasant activists – mainly “workers” – and residents of Locuon en Ploerdut a large commemorative gathering of the tri -centennial paper revolt: Bedoù Ruz 1975 . This celebration at the same time cultural, historical and political event will experience a great crowd and will be an opportunity to take stock of struggles through exhibitions, films and debates, and to present a Breton peasant code for today.

The F.S.A.B. Also associated with the combat of activists of the “Defense Committee against Military Layouts” in Chateaulin, that of CRIN activists (Regional Nuclear Information Committee).

The F.S.A.B. was also involved in the support committees for workers’ and peasant struggles.

After 3 months of existence, and an analysis of the situation in France the F.S.A.B. Following the events of Aléria in Corsica, decides to transform the name by adding the term “autonomist”, becoming the F.A.S.A.B ^{[ 5 ]} , thus marking the convergence of struggles for socialism, for self-management and for autonomy, that is to say the requirement “of a special status taking into account the specificity of Brittany, of existence of the Breton people, a national minority exploited and oppressed by the French capitalist state ”.

Internationalism, for the organization, is first of all solidarity with the oppressed peoples, in the first place the peoples in France, and the Celtic peoples.

F.A.S.A.B. Now will be more visible on many fields: popular workers or peasant struggles, fight for Breton language and culture, anti -depression fight, support for political prisoners, solidarity with the Basque people, in particular by jointly leading to the Breton Federation of the P.S.U ^{[ 6 ]} . A solidarity campaign in which Imanol, Colette Magny, and many Breton singers participate.
F.A.S.A.B. will subsequently bring a precious competition to the walk of Hendaye du first ^is November 1975 .

Apart from leaflets and press releases, the F.A.S.A.B. will be expressed in pages of the newspaper “Breton combat” without the latter becoming the official organ.
Stourm Breizh also published CEO- The fist in the mouth (first publication in March- April 1976 ).

For six months, a series of meetings and debates will be organized.

The privileged alliances will be done with political, union or cultural organizations which recognize the existence of the Breton people. This will mean Breton movements, of course, but also close hexagonal movements such as the P.S.U. and L.C.R. Revolutionary Communist League.

The F.A.S.A.B. is finally dissolved the January 26, 1979 .