Eusko Sozialistak (; ES) was a

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

political party, with presence in the

Spanish Basque Country The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community (), also officially called Euskadi (), is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Araba, Bizkaia, and Gipuzkoa. It surrounds two enclaves called Treviño ...

. The leaders of ES were Javier Alonso and Mikel Salaberri .

History

ES was formed by members of the

Christian socialist A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Chr ...

union

Unión Sindical Obrera The Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) is a Spanish trade union. Founded as a clandestine organization in 1961—during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco—the union was an outgrowth of Roman Catholic organizations dedicated to Catholic socia ...

(USO) in October 1975. ES did not hold its first meeting until 13 November 1976. The organization was part of the Federation of Socialist Parties. In July 1977 ES joined Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea (HASI), which in turn would join

Herri Batasuna Herri Batasuna (; ; HB) was a Far-left politics, far-left Basque nationalist coalition in Spain. It was founded in 1978 and defined itself as abertzale left, abertzale, left-wing, socialism, socialist, and supported the independence of the Basque ...

in 1978. ES was always critical of both

ETA (m) ETA, an acronym for ("Basque Homeland and Liberty"ETA BASQUE ORGANIZATION

and ETA (pm).Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla, El compañero ausente y los aprendices de brujo: orígenes de Herri Batasuna (1974-1980), en Revista de Estudios Políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 148, 2010, pp. 71-103.

References

1975 establishments in Spain Basque nationalism Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain Defunct socialist parties in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Political parties established in 1975 {{Spain-party-stub