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Askatasun = Freedom! Basque activists in Dublin tell their stories...

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | feature author Wednesday August 18, 2004 20:24author by i k - imc éire Report this post to the editors

Downloadable audio MP3 report - 64kbps 22Mb duration 37:36

Downloadable audio MP3 report - 64kbps 22Mb duration 37:36

Four Basque activists visited Dublin last night for an evening of information & discussion in the Teachers Club, Parnell Square, on the current political climate in the Basque Country; while back in Euskal Herria, the police went about dismantling a Basque autonomous centre, with housing activists and squatters doing their best to defend the building from demolition...

Download the MP3 audio report from radio.indymedia.org

The Basque Country is a region that ovelaps the north east corner of the Spanish and south west corner of the French states. It is comprised of seven counties. The Basque language is one of the oldest in Europe; not related to any of the major Indo-European language groups, its origins are unknown. The Basque people have been involved in political struggles for many generations, most notably during the Franco years, when the fascist regime in Spain put the population under considerable strain, suppressing their culture and autonomy.

Hiart Gilde San Vicente is the first speaker in the audio report from the banned political party Batasuna. She is the party's representative in their London office. Batasuna was outlawed through newly enacted legislation by the Spanish Government for alleged links with ETA, and was not permitted to campaign in elections. Hiart talks about the last few years for Batasuna, recent developments, and elections where Batasuna called for the public to spoil their vote as a show of support. She also deals with aspects of the political fallout from the March 11th bombing in Madrid, and how moderate Basque nationalists were first to blame ETA for political gain.

Eyoitz Lizundia is the second speaker in the audio report, from the Basque prisoner support network Askatasuna. The Spanish state actively places Basque prisoners in jails hundreds of miles from their families and homes. This causes undue amount of economic and mental hardship on the prisoners families, who have to make long journeys to visit them. Basque prisoners are also denied any rights of association within the prison system in Spain and France, being placed in isolation or housed in different prison wings.

Loren Mendigabal is the third speaker in the audio report. She served time in a French prison and spoke of how there is a campaign of both psychological and physical torture within the prison system against Basque political prisoners. Askatasuna is calling for a repatriation of all Basque political prisoners to the Basque country. They are also working to involve the prisoners as much as possible in the peace process.

During the Q+A session, Hiart told the 30 people in attendance of the current situation with an autonomous centre/squat under attack by Spanish police. The police turned up in force with riot shields to accompany the bulldozers. You can read more about this here

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Apologist B*stards     RK    Thu Aug 19, 2004 18:26 
   this "centre" is a squated autonomous zone.     -    Thu Aug 19, 2004 19:28 
   Francoist scum     C sna C    Fri Aug 20, 2004 14:05 
   stop this !!!     VT    Fri Aug 20, 2004 14:32 
   Gora Euskal Herria Askatuta     Ezetz    Fri Aug 20, 2004 18:12 
   nationhood     Independent View    Fri Aug 20, 2004 18:21 
   who can answer this one?     speaking and talking    Sat Aug 21, 2004 23:13 
   What about this other question?     Someone    Sun Aug 22, 2004 00:47 
   answers     RS    Sun Aug 22, 2004 01:40 
 10   Point proven     Realist    Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:27 
 11   Reap what you've sown     Jo Take    Mon Aug 23, 2004 14:07 
 12   a map     paul c    Mon Aug 23, 2004 14:36 
 13   BOYCOTT SPANISH PRODUCTS     Euskaldun bat    Mon Aug 23, 2004 14:56 
 14   Well this has all got a bit nasty . . .     Realist    Mon Aug 23, 2004 16:03 
 15   "Spain is a kingdom and Spain will always be a kingdom."     Republican    Mon Aug 23, 2004 16:10 
 16   Direct response and question to Realist     Sici and tierd    Mon Aug 23, 2004 16:13 
 17   My opinion     Realist    Mon Aug 23, 2004 17:04 
 18   Paul C. asked for maps-     iosaf    Mon Aug 23, 2004 18:13 
 19   while I'm am at it-     iosaf    Mon Aug 23, 2004 18:33 
 20   tying up other little stray threads-     iosaf    Mon Aug 23, 2004 19:14 
 21   Good points     Realist    Mon Aug 23, 2004 20:12 
 22   to clarify the "real world"-     iosaf    Mon Aug 23, 2004 20:55 
 23   Reply to 'Realist'     .    Mon Aug 23, 2004 21:52 
 24   Nasty, nasty     Realist    Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:24 
 25   Reply to Realist     Knows what I am talking about    Tue Aug 24, 2004 14:03 
 26   Names     manwithnoname    Tue Aug 24, 2004 14:20 
 27   Irish?     .    Tue Aug 24, 2004 14:50 
 28   Like banging your head off a brick wall . . .     Realist    Tue Aug 24, 2004 16:01 
 29   I forgot to add . .     Realist    Tue Aug 24, 2004 16:23 
 30   Em - no he wasn't     Republican    Tue Aug 24, 2004 16:35 
 31   Woops, I've replied again     Realist    Tue Aug 24, 2004 16:43 
 32   So     Republian    Tue Aug 24, 2004 16:50 
 33   I use my real name. I long passed the use of anominity as a tactic.     iosaf    Tue Aug 24, 2004 18:52 
 34   Listen txakurras     the dot    Tue Aug 24, 2004 23:53 
 35   my brain hurts     paul c    Wed Aug 25, 2004 00:30 
 36   it doesn't hurt enough     cartographer    Wed Aug 25, 2004 01:54 
 37   i never     pc    Wed Aug 25, 2004 02:08 
 38   iosaf     Curious    Wed Aug 25, 2004 14:20 
 39   I'd refer you to the Guardian's Steve Bell's cartoons.     iosaf    Wed Aug 25, 2004 14:49 
 40   anarkistiiiis we may be-     ipsiphi    Wed Aug 25, 2004 14:53 
 41   Cheers Iosaf     Curious    Wed Aug 25, 2004 15:36 
 42   what exactly are you trying to ascertain?     curious cats of catalan land.    Wed Aug 25, 2004 22:26 
 43   Gora Euskal Herria Askatuta!     Spanish Shit    Sat Jan 29, 2005 16:29 
 44   C O W A R D S     Carlos Rekarte    Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:22 
 45   Where to begin     Sherlock Holmes    Mon Feb 28, 2005 13:04 
 46   Valencia is not catalonia!!!     Al-Azraq    Sun Aug 21, 2005 20:09 
 47   yeah bollix. where do the fascists come from?     ?    Mon Aug 22, 2005 00:38 
 48   The Spanish courts will today process De Juana Chaos     -    Mon Aug 22, 2005 17:17 
 49   Open your eyes     mini    Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:59 
 50   you can say the same thing for another 30 years. and the world will go on changing.     hmmm    Fri Sep 30, 2005 13:43 
 51   Una! Grande! Libre!     ALEJANDRO    Wed Nov 02, 2005 18:30 
 52   Viva Espana! ETA NO!     Severiano Javier    Tue Dec 27, 2005 20:52 


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