First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups Grupos de Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre (GRAPO) | |
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Dates of operation | 1976–2007 |
Allegiance | Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted) |
Motives | The creation of a Socialist republic in Spain |
Active regions | Spain |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism Socialism Republicanism Anti-imperialism Anti-fascism |
Notable attacks | May 1979 Madrid bombing |
Status | Inactive |
Designated as a terrorist group by | European Union |
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]
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