Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers
Langile Abertzale Iraultzaileen Alderdia (English: Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers, LAIA), was a Communist political party of the Southern Basque Country and Basque nationalist ideology that was born during the last years of the Francoist State as a result of a division of ETA.[1] Its acronym, laia is also the Basque name of an agricultural tool.
Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers Langile Abertzale Iraultzaileen Alderdia | |
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| President | Gabriel Petrikorena |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Iruña |
| Newspaper | Sugarra |
| Trade union affiliation | Langile Abertzale Komiteak |
| Ideology | Abertzale Left Libertarian Socialism Autonomous Marxism Independentism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Koordinadora Abertzale Sozialista (1975-1979) Herri Batasuna (1978-1980) Auzolan (1983-1984) |
LAIA participated in the formation of on the Koordinadora Abertzale Sozialista (KAS) and in the Herri Batasuna (HB) coalition, that left in 1980, joining Auzolan in 1983. LAIA disappeared in the mid-1980s. The party never officially registered in the register of political parties of the Interior Ministry, and always participated in elections through coalitions.
References
- Full PDF Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine Francisco Letamendia (2014). «La izquierda abertzale en la pre-Transición (1974-junio 1977)». Viento Sur
- Leonisio Calvo, Rafael (2012). «Izquierda abertzale, de la heterogeneidad al monolitismo». III Congreso Internacional de Historia de Nuestro Tiempo. Logroño: Universidad de La Rioja. p. 385. ISBN 978-84-695-5155-4.
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