Batasuna

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Batasuna
2. BBC News: Profile: Batasuna
3. International Herald Tribune: "Spanish Court Orders Trial for Basque President..." (October 30, 2007) 
4. eitb24: "'Basque Society is on Trial' - Basque Government" (October 30, 2007)
5. The New York Times: "Basque Leaders Arrested in Spain" (October 6, 2007)
6. Agence France-Presse: "Spanish Court Keeps Batasuna Leaders in Jail" (October 7, 2007)
7. Google News: Batasuna

Batasuna Recent News

• MSNBC: Batasuna
• The Jurist: "Spain Basque Leaders Charged for Meeting with ETA-Linked Party" (October 31, 2007)
• World Socialist Website: "Arrests of Batasuna Leadership Ahead of Elections" (October 25, 2007)
• Agence France-Presse: "Spanish Court Keeps Batasuna Leaders in Jail" (October 7, 2007)
• The Independent: "Police Arrest Batasuna Leaders..." (October 6, 2007) 
• Reuters: "Interview: Batasuna Still Hopes for Spanish Peace Talks" (June 12, 2007)
• BBC News: "End of ETA Ceasefire No Surprise" (June 5, 2007)
• The Economist: "The Peace Test" (May 24, 2007)
• Reuters: "Basque Batasuna Calls on ETA to Resume Ceasefire" (January 8, 2007)

Batasuna Background

Basque Nationalism

• Wikipedia: Basque Nationalism
• The Guardian: Interactive Guide to Basque Nationalism
• DTIS: "Basque Nationalism: History, Roots and Possible Solutions" (May 3, 2004) (167KB) 
• Oral Tradition Journal: "Orality and Basque Nationalism" (2001) (199KB) 
• BBC News: "Analysis: Basque Pride" (December 6, 1999)
• University of Pais Vasco: "Creation of the Basque Identity..." (February 15, 1999) (85KB) 
• Le Monde Diplomatique: "Basque Nationalism Undermined by ETA" (February, 1998)

Carlism

• Wikipedia: Carlism
• Executive Intelligence Review: "The ABCs of Carlism" (April 19, 2002)
• Maine World News Service: "The Other Dynasty" (1997)
• EWTN: "Carlism's Defense of the Church in Spain, 1833-1936" (1996)

The ETA

• Wikipedia: ETA
• BBC News: ETA: Key Events
• Associated Press: "Spain Court Orders Trial Over ETA Talks" (October 30, 2007)
• Reuters: "Who are Basque Separatist Group ETA?" (October 9, 2007)
• Harvard International Review: "End of Terrorism?: ETA and the Efforts for Peace" (Summer, 2005)
• BBC News: "Eyewitness: ETA's Shadowy Leaders" (December 2, 1999)

Felipe González

• Wikipedia: Felipe González
• European Union: C.V. of Felipe González Márquez
• Virginia Quarterly Review: "Spain Today: Is the Party Over?" (Summer, 1996)

Illegality in Spain

• Socialist.org: The Case of Herri Batasuna: Spain's Political Show Trial
• Boston College Law School: "Batasuna Banned" (2004)
• BBC News: "Batasuna Banned Permanently" (March 17, 2003)
• World Socialist Web Site: "Spanish Government Moves to Ban Basque Separatist Party" (August 17, 2002)

Batasuna Blogs and Commentaries

• EducationNet Message Board: Long live Euskal Herria!
• Republican Socialist Forum: Report on Basque Meetings
• Krystina's Eyes on the World: Basque Country
• El Nuevo Pantano: Ibarretxe

Batasuna Photos

• Google Image Search: Batasuna
• Yahoo! Image Search: Herri Batasuna
• Live Search Images: Herri Batasuna
• Flickr: Batasuna

Batasuna Videos

• CNN Video: ETA Blamed for Car Bomb (Time 01:49)
• YouTube: First Person: Basque Independence Activist (Time 01:41)
• YouTube: Freedom for the Basque Country (Time 02:37)
• Google Video: Basque Peace Process (Time 04:06)

Batasuna Criticism and Controversy

• The Spark: "The Basque Problem: The Poisoned Legacy of Francoism" (July 19, 2003)
• New York Times: "Spanish Court Outlaws a Basque Party, Seeing Terrorism Links" (March 18, 2003)
• Foreign Policy Research Institute: "Europe’s Native Terrorism" (October 4, 2002)
• Amnesty International: "An Open Letter to the National Board of Herri Batasuna" (July 16, 1997)

Batasuna Timeline

• 1978: April, Herri Batasuna, meaning Unity of the People, is founded from Euskadiko Ezkerra members
• 1979: March 1, Herri Batasuna wins 13% in the Spanish General Election
• 1984: November 20, Founding leader Santiago Brouard is assassinated by the GAL
• 1989: Josu Muguruza, A Spanish parliamentarian and Batasuna leader is killed by the Bases Autónomas
• 1998-2001: Batasuna adopts the name Euskal Herritarrok meaning We Basque Citizens
• 2003: A Spanish court declares Batasuna illegal
• 2007: October 4, 23 leaders of Batasuna are arrested for holding a 'secret political meeting'

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