Brittany (France): Political movements (1950 until now)

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• Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh (Breton Democratic Union)
• Strollad Komunour Breizh (Breton Communist Party)
• Front de Libération de la Bretagne - Libération Nationale et Socialiste ( Brittany Liberation Front - National and Socialist Liberation)
• Strollad ar Vro (Country Party)

See also:

• Brittany (Traditional province, France)
• Britanny (France): Political movements (1900-1930)
• Britanny (France): Political movements (1930-1950 )
• Britanny (France): Associative movements
• Britanny (France): Anarchist movements

Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh (Breton Democratic Union)

Leftist nationalist movement founded in 1964.

It never adopted an official flag but non-official flags were often seen during demonstrations.

In 1972 in Nantes, the flag was a red field with a Gwenn-ha-Du in canton.

by Ivan Sache

More recently, the former badge of UDB (white letters in a black disc) has been added at fly.

by Ivan Sache

Strollad Komunour Breizh (Breton Communist Party)

by Ivan Sache

Leftist Marxist-Leninist and separatist movement, seceded from UDB in January 1971 and dissolved in the mid 70's. Not connected to the French Communist Party.

Its flag was a Gwenn-ha-Du with a red five-pointed star replacing the ermine canton.

Front de Libération de la Bretagne - Libération Nationale et Socialiste (Brittany Liberation Front - National and Socialist Liberation)

Activist extreme-leftist movement founded in 1972 and dissolved in 1975 by the police.

Its flag was either a green triskell in a green circle charging a white field

by Ivan Sache

or a black triskell in a black circle charging a red field.

by Ivan Sache

The movement also used an horizontally divided black-white-black flag.

Strollad ar Vro (Country Party)

by Ivan Sache

"Breton national and European federalist party" founded in 1972 by J. Le Calvez and dissolved in the mid 70's.

In 1973, a non-official flag, a blue field with a blue ermine spot included in a white disc, was seen during a demonstration of SAV.

Source: P. Rault. Les drapeaux bretons de 1188 à nos jours [rau98]

Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999