Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea
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Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea (People's Socialist Revolutionary Party) best known for its acronym HASI, that in Basque language
means to begin, was a non-legal Basque political party, considered commonly to be the political branch of ETA
. It always ran as part of the coalition of the Basque National Liberation Movement
, Herri Batasuna, until its self-dissolution in the 1990s.
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
means to begin, was a non-legal Basque political party, considered commonly to be the political branch of ETA
ETA
ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...
. It always ran as part of the coalition of the Basque National Liberation Movement
Basque National Liberation Movement
The Basque National Liberation Movement is an umbrella term that comprises all social, political and armed organizations orbiting around the ideas of the illegal armed organisation Euskadi Ta Askatasuna , proscribed internationally as a terrorist organisation.The wide variety of organizations and...
, Herri Batasuna, until its self-dissolution in the 1990s.