Herritar Batasuna
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Herritar Batasuna Herritar Batasuna | |
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| Abbreviation | HB |
| Founded | 28 January 2017 |
| Ideology | Revolutionary socialism; Basque nationalism; Basque independence; Anti-capitalism |
| Political position | Far-left[1][full citation needed] |
| Website | |
| herritarbatasuna | |
Herritar Batasuna (HB; lit. Citizens' Unity) is a Basque revolutionary socialist political organisation launched in Pamplona (Iruñea) on 28 January 2017.[2][3][4] It defines its basic pillars as independence, socialism, reunification and re-Euskaldunization (re-Basquization).[2]
HB situates itself within the extra-parliamentary, dissident space of the abertzale left, separate from the coalition EH Bildu.[5][6]
The HB project was launched by thirty activists next to the Monumento a los Fueros in Pamplona on 28 January 2017, framing it as a new organisational space that sought to recover the “revolutionary socialist and abertzale spirit” associated with historic movements while adapting it to the 21st century.[3][4][2]
Basque daily Berria described HB's stated aim as building independence and socialism as two sides of the same process, with an anticapitalist, antifascist and anti-imperialist orientation.[7]
Ideology and organisation
HB's own organisational documents emphasise assembly-based decision-making at local, regional and national levels, coordinated by a National Coordinating body between assemblies.[8] The group describes itself as revolutionary-socialist and pro-independence, advocating a strategic line of “independence and socialism”.[9][10]
In media analyses of the wider abertzale milieu, HB is typically cited among minor dissident groupings (e.g., alongside GKS), whose abstentionist campaigns have not measurably affected EH Bildu's electoral performance.[11] HB itself has issued calls for “active, revolutionary abstention” in election cycles.[12]
Activities
HB operates as an extra-parliamentary movement, publishing statements, holding rallies and interventions.[13] In 2025 the organisation publicised its call to mark Aberri Eguna (Basque National Day) in Orreaga (Roncesvalles).[14]