Langile Abertzale Iraultzaileen Alderdia ( en, Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers, LAIA), was a

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political party of the

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and Basque nationalist ideology that was born during the last years of the

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as a result of a division of

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Francisco Letamendia (2014). «La izquierda abertzale en la pre-Transición (1974-junio 1977)». Viento Sur Its acronym, ''laia'' is also the Basque name of an agricultural tool. LAIA participated in the formation of on the Koordinadora Abertzale Sozialista (KAS) and in the

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(HB) coalition, that left in 1980, joining

Auzolan Auzolan (''neighborhood labor'' in Basque) was a political coalition in the Southern Basque Country, created on 26 March 1983. It was a coalition between the Liga Komunista Iraultzailea (LKI), Langile Abertzale Iraultzaileen Alderdia (LAIA, one o ...

in 1983. LAIA disappeared in the mid-1980s. The party never officially registered in the register of political parties of the Interior Ministry, and always participated in elections through coalitions.

References

*Leonisio Calvo, Rafael (2012). «Izquierda abertzale, de la heterogeneidad al monolitismo». III Congreso Internacional de Historia de Nuestro Tiempo. Logroño: Universidad de La Rioja. p. 385. . Defunct communist parties in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque nationalism Political parties disestablished in 1984 1984 disestablishments in Spain Anti-Francoism {{Spain-party-stub