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A table with seven steps of people with a banner ezker abertzalea in the background and the flags of Navarre on the left and the Basque Country on the right.
Meeting in 2009
Interview with Arnaldo Otegi (2009), a leading figure of the Basque nationalist left

Abertzale left (Basque: Ezker abertzalea, Spanish: Izquierda abertzale; lit. 'patriotic left') is a term used to refer to the parties or organizations of the Basque nationalist/separatist left, stretching from democratic socialism to communism.

This leftist character is highlighted in contrast to the traditional jeltzale nationalism represented by the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV), a conservative and Christian-democratic party, which has long been the largest in the Basque Country. The first examples of abertzale parties are the Basque Nationalist Republican Party (EAAE-PRNV), active from 1909 to 1913, and the Basque Nationalist Action (EAE-ANV), active from 1930 to 2008. They represented the non-confessional Basque nationalist references when ETA was formed in 1959 by younger generations. Ezker abertzalea (or, in Spanish, izquierda abertzale) is notably used when referring to the leftist-nationalist environment of Batasuna, an outlawed political party.

More recently, in 1986, a left-wing splinter group of EAJ-PNV led by Carlos Garaikoetxea formed a new social-democratic party, Basque Solidarity (EA). After ETA's permanent ceasefire (2010), EA engaged in a convergence process with the scattered historic Basque nationalist left closer to ETA. In 2011–2012, they joined forces in forming a succession of coalitions: Bildu, Amaiur and, finally, EH Bildu. A group of former members of Batasuna were identified by the media as independents of izquierda abertzale.

References

  1. Jeltzale comes from JEL, acronym of Jaungoikoa Eta Lagizarrak, which literally means "God and old laws" and refers to the political thought of Sabino Arana.
  2. Cecilia Arrozarena, El roble y la ceiba. Historia de los vascos en Cuba, ISBN 84-8136-357-X, Txalaparta, 2003
  3. Santiago de Pablo, Un partido con historia Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, El Correo, 14 April 2007.
  4. Jesús María Casquete Badallo, Abertzale sí pero, ¿quién dijo que de izquierda? Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, El Viejo Topo, ISSN 0210-2706, n. 268, 2010, pp. 14-19.
  5. EiTB. "Basque left-wing nationalists launch new coalition party Amaiur". www.eitb.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. "Izquierda abertzale, EA, Alternatiba y Aralar cierran los contenidos del pacto del 20-N - GARA". www.gara.net. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  7. Morán, Unai (10 June 2012). "Una profesora se perfila como aspirante a 'lehendakari' por EHB". El País. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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