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Elkarri ( Basque: "One to the Other" or "Mutually")Mees, Ludger. ''Nationalism, Violence and Democracy: The Basque Clash of Identities''. Springer, 2003
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was an organization that sought a peaceful resolution of the Basque conflict.Argomaniz 6


Background

Formed in 1992, its founders were members of the Basque National Liberation Movement who had become disillusioned with political violence. As its membership grew, it encompassed other political viewpoints, eventually moving towards the moderate nationalism of the
Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...
and Eusko Alkartasuna. In 2000 Elkarri had about 2500 members and 13 full-time employees.Mees, Ludger
"The Basque Peace Process, Nationalism and Political Violence"
In Darby, John, and Roger McGinty (eds). ''The Management of Peace Processes''. Springer, 2000.
Elkarri argued that the Basque conflict had deep historical roots and could only be resolved through a political settlement between
ETA Eta (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἦτα ''ē̂ta'' or ell, ήτα ''ita'' ) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the close front unrounded vowel . Originally denoting the voiceless glottal fricative in most dialects, ...
and the Spanish government. In 2006 Elkarri split into two organizations: Lokarri and Baketik. Lokarri organized the 2011
Donostia-San Sebastián International Peace Conference The International Conference to Promote the Resolution of the Conflict in the Basque Country — more widely known as the Donostia-San Sebastián International Peace Conference — was a conference aimed at promoting a resolution to the Basque con ...
that led to ETA's "definitive cessation of its armed activity." It disbanded in 2015.Aizpeolea, Luis R
Closure of Basque association marks end of anti-ETA movement
''El Pais''. February 23, 2015.


See also

* Gesto por la Paz


References

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Sources

*Argomaniz, Javier
Civil Action Against ETA Terrorism in Basque Country
in D. Avant, M. Berry, E. Chenoweth, R.A. Epstein, C. Hendrix, O. Kaplan and T. Sisk (eds.) Civil Action and the Dynamics of Violence (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019) Basque conflict Peace organizations 1992 establishments 2015 disestablishments