Movement for Defence of the Land

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| name = Movement for Defence of the Land

| native_name = Moviment de Defensa de la Terra

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| founded = 1984As a political organization.
1998As a political party.

| dissolved = 2014To create Poble Lliure.

| merger = PSAN
IPC
PCV

| successor = Poble Lliure

| headquarters = Barcelona

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| youth_wing = Maulets

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| ideology = Socialism
Catalan independence
Anti-capitalism

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The Movement for the Defence of the Land (Catalan: Moviment de Defensa de la Terra, MDT) was the united front of the socialist independence organisations of the Catalan Countries; specifically the Socialist Party of National Liberation (PSAN), Independentists of the Catalan Countries (IPC).Catalunya, qüestió d'estat. Vint-i-cinc anys d'independentisme català (1968-1993). Jaume Renyer. El Mèdol, 1995 In 1986 the movement split in two sectors: the MDT-PSAN and the MDT-IPC. In 1991 the Communist Party of the Valencians (PCV) joined the MDT. The MDT dissolved itself in 2014, and formed a new party: Poble Lliure.[http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/80007/mdt/se/va/poble/lliure/anuncia/seva/dissolucio L'MDT se'n va a Poble Lliure i anuncia la seva dissolució.]