Euskal Herriko Alderdi Sozialista

Euskal Herriko Alderdi Sozialista Basque Socialist Party
Leader	Manex Goyhenetche Santiago Brouard
Founded	1975 (1975)
Dissolved	1977 (1977) (Spain) 1981 (1981) (France)
Merger of	Herriko Alderdi Sozialista Eusko Alderdi Sozialista
Merged into	Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea
Newspaper	Euskaldunak
Paramilitary wing	ETA(m)
Ideology	Basque independence Revolutionary socialism Marxism-Leninism Abertzale Left
Political position	Radical left
National affiliation	Koordinadora Abertzale Sozialista
Politics of Basque Country

Euskal Herriko Alderdi Sozialista (English: Socialist Party of the Basque Country; EHAS) was an illegal revolutionary socialist Basque political party, with presence in both Spanish Basque Country and the French Basque Country.

History

EHAS was formed as the merge of the Spanish-Basque Eusko Alderdi Sozialista and the French-Basque Herriko Alderdi Sozialista, being the first Basque party with presence at both sides of the border. The party participated in various unitary movements, like Euskal Erakunde Herritarra (coordination body of both independentist and non-independentist Basque socialists and communists) and the Koordinadora Abertzale Sozialista. The party also signed the Brest Charter in 1975.

In 1977 the party merged with Eusko Sozialistak, a small socialist party critical with ETA(m), to create Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea (HASI). In Iparralde the party continued to exist, and presented candidacies to various elections. Manex Goyhenetche was the French-Basque leader of the party, that maintained a strong relationship with the Breton Democratic Union.

References

• Casanova, Iker and Asensio, Paul (2006). Argala. Tafalla (Navarre): Editorial Txalaparta. ISBN 84-8136-142-9.