First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups

First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups
Grupos de Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre (GRAPO)
Dates of operation1976–2007
AllegianceCommunist Party of Spain (Reconstituted)
MotivesThe creation of a Socialist republic in Spain
Active regionsSpain
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Socialism
Republicanism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-fascism
Notable attacksMay 1979 Madrid bombing
StatusInactive
Designated as a terrorist group byEuropean Union
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The First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups (Spanish: Grupos de Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre, GRAPO) was a Spanish clandestine Marxist–Leninist group aiming for the formation of a Spanish Republican state.

The group was anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, and strongly opposed Spain's membership in NATO.[1]

GRAPO's last attack was in 2006. After having been fairly active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a dwindling number of its militants along with police actions allowed Spanish officials to claim a number of times to have disbanded the GRAPO after the remaining militants were captured.[2] According to the Spanish police, GRAPO was disbanded after six of its militants were arrested in June 2007[3] but formally, the group has not announced its dissolution.[4]

GRAPO is included in the European Union's list of terrorist organisations.[5]

  1. ^ Alessandro Seregni, El Anti-Americanismo Español
  2. ^ Mundinteractivos. "La Guardia Civil desarticula en Cataluña el último comando operativo de los GRAPO". Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Desarticulado el último 'comando' operativo de los GRAPO con la detención de seis personas en Barcelona". El País. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. ^ 20Minutos. "¿Pero los Grapo no habían desaparecido?". 20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias. Retrieved 11 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Posición Común 2004/309/PESC del Consejo Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, de 2 de abril de 2004, por la que se actualiza la Posición Común 2001/931/PESC sobre la aplicación de medidas específicas de lucha contra el terrorismo y se deroga la Posición Común 2003/906/PESC.- Diario Oficial n° L 099 de 03/04/2004 p. 0061 - 0064.