Eusko Sozialistak ( en, Basque Socialists; ES) was a

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

political party, with presence in the

Spanish Basque Country The Basque Country (; eu, Euskadi ; es, País Vasco ), also called Basque Autonomous Community ( eu, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa, links=no, EAE; es, Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, links=no, CAPV), is an autonomous community of Spain. It ...

. The leaders of ES were Javier Alonso and Mikel Salaberri .

History

ES was formed by members of the

Christian socialist Christian socialism is a religious and political philosophy that blends Christianity and socialism, endorsing left-wing politics and socialist economics on the basis of the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. Many Christian socialists believe cap ...

union

Unión Sindical Obrera The Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) is a Spanish trade union. Founded as a clandestine organization in 1961—during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco—the union was an outgrowth of Roman Catholic organizations dedicated to Catholic socia ...

(USO) in October 1975. ES did not hold its first meeting until 13 November 1976. The organization was part of the

Federation of Socialist Parties A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governi ...

. In July 1977 ES joined

Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea People's Socialist Revolutionary Party ( eu, Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea; HASI) was a non-legal Basque political party, considered commonly to be the political branch of ETA. It always ran as part of the coalition of the Basque National ...

(HASI), which in turn would join

Herri Batasuna Herri Batasuna (; en, Popular Unity; HB) was a far-left Basque nationalist coalition in Spain. It was founded in 1978 and defined itself as abertzale, left-wing, socialist, and supported the independence of the Greater Basque Country. It was r ...

in 1978. ES was always critical of both ETA (m) and ETA (pm).Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla, El compañero ausente y los aprendices de brujo: orígenes de Herri Batasuna (1974-1980), en Revista de Estudios Políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 148, 2010, pp. 71-103.

References

1975 establishments in Spain Basque nationalism Defunct socialist parties in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Political parties established in 1975 {{Spain-party-stub