Eusko Alderdi Sozialista ( en, Basque Socialist Party; EAS) was an underground revolutionary socialist Basque political party.

History

ETA(m) ETA, an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna ("Basque Homeland and Liberty"ETA BASQUE ORGANIZ ...

considered that armed struggle and mass struggle should be independent and clearly separated, unlike their rivals of ETA (pm) that considered that political and armed struggle were the same. In line with this idea, ETA (m) created a political party composed only of civilians that should participate and/or lead the mass struggle in Euskal Herria. The party participated in the social unrest that existed in the

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during the last years of Francoism. The party disappeared in 1975 when it merged with their Basque-French counterparts of

Herriko Alderdi Sozialista Herriko Alderdi Sozialista ( en, People's Socialist Party; HAS) was a revolutionary socialist Basque political party, with presence only in the French Basque Country. History HAS was founded in 1974 in Bayonne by ex-members of Enbata, a Basque ...

, to form Euskal Herriko Alderdi Sozialista, the first Basque party at both sides of the border.

References

* Casanova, Iker and Asensio, Paul (2006). ''Argala''. Tafalla (

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): Editorial Txalaparta. p. 376. . Defunct communist parties in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque nationalism Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Left-wing nationalist parties Anti-Francoism 1974 establishments in Spain Political parties established in 1974 ETA (separatist group) Political parties in Northern Basque Country {{Spain-party-stub