Herritar Batasuna

Not to be confused with Herri Batasuna.

Herritar Batasuna
Herritar Batasuna
AbbreviationHB
Founded28 January 2017
IdeologyRevolutionary socialism; Basque nationalism; Basque independence; Anti-capitalism
Political positionFar-left[1]
Website
herritarbatasuna.eus

Herritar Batasuna (HB; lit. Citizens' Unity) is a Basque revolutionary socialist political organisation launched in Pamplona (Iruñea) on 28 January 2017.[2][3][4] It defines its basic pillars as independence, socialism, reunification and re-Euskaldunization (re-Basquization).[2]

HB situates itself within the extra-parliamentary, dissident space of the abertzale left, separate from the coalition EH Bildu.[5][6]

History

The HB project was launched by thirty activists next to the Monumento a los Fueros in Pamplona on 28 January 2017, framing it as a new organisational space that sought to recover the “revolutionary socialist and abertzale spirit” associated with historic movements while adapting it to the 21st century.[3][4][2]

Basque daily Berria described HB's stated aim as building independence and socialism as two sides of the same process, with an anticapitalist, antifascist and anti-imperialist orientation.[7]

Ideology and organisation

HB's own organisational documents emphasise assembly-based decision-making at local, regional and national levels, coordinated by a National Coordinating body between assemblies.[8] The group describes itself as revolutionary-socialist and pro-independence, advocating a strategic line of “independence and socialism”.[9][10]

In media analyses of the wider abertzale milieu, HB is typically cited among minor dissident groupings (e.g., alongside GKS), whose abstentionist campaigns have not measurably affected EH Bildu's electoral performance.[11] HB itself has issued calls for “active, revolutionary abstention” in election cycles.[12]

Activities

HB operates as an extra-parliamentary movement, publishing statements, holding rallies and interventions.[13] In 2025 the organisation publicised its call to mark Aberri Eguna (Basque National Day) in Orreaga (Roncesvalles).[14]

Publications

HB issues the periodical HAZIA (seed) as a bulletin featuring commentary on labour struggles and movement strategy.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ^ elDiario.es 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Rioja Andueza, Iker (28 January 2017). "Los críticos de la izquierda abertzale presentan en Pamplona las bases de la nueva HB". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Herritar Batasuna eragile politikoa eraikitzeko prozesua aurkeztu dute". Gara/Naiz (in Basque). 29 January 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b De ETA a los consejos socialistas (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Observatorio Internacional de Estudios sobre Terrorismo. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2025. El 28 de enero de 2017 tenía lugar la presentación oficial de Herritar Batasuna en el Monumento de los Fueros de Pamplona
  5. ^ "La disidencia abertzale se activa con el objetivo de poner sobre la mesa la amnistía". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 6 June 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. ^ "EH Bildu, el crecimiento "atrapalotodo" de una coalición que ha dejado atrás el pasado de ETA". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Herritar Batasuna sortzeko eztabaida prozesua abiatu dute". Berria (in Basque). 29 January 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Principios organizativos". Herritar Batasuna (official) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Quienes somos". Herritar Batasuna (official) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Independentzia eta sozialismoa". Herritar Batasuna (official) (in Basque). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  11. ^ "EH Bildu, el crecimiento "atrapalotodo"…". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  12. ^ "En el camino a la independencia y el socialismo: abstención activa y revolucionaria". Herritar Batasuna (official) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  13. ^ "Videos". Herritar Batasuna (official). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  14. ^ "ABERRI EGUNA 2025. ORREAGA". Herritar Batasuna (official) (in Spanish). 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  15. ^ "HAZIA BOLETÍN". Herritar Batasuna (official) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  16. ^ "HAZIA Nº-5: TUBACEX… o la eterna lucha". Herritar Batasuna (official) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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