Zutik
Political party in Spain
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Zutik (English: Stand up) was a political party in Basque Country, Spain which was dissolved in 2009. Zutik was formed in 1991 through the merger of the EMK and LKI—the Basque branch of LCR.[1] Within Zutik, there is a current affiliated to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. Zutik had a branch in Navarre known as Batzarre.
Zutik Stand up | |
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| Founded | March 1991 |
| Dissolved | 11 December 2009 |
| Merger of | Communist Movement of Euskadi Liga Komunista Iraultzailea |
| Succeeded by | Gorripidea |
| Newspaper | Hika |
| Youth wing | Hautsi (1991–2000) Zutik Gazteok (2000–2011) |
| Ideology | Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism Basque self-determination Feminism Ecologism Republicanism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | Euskal Herritarrok (1999–2000) |
| International affiliation | European Anti-Capitalist Left |
Zutik members ran once on electoral lists of Euskal Herritarrok (EH); however, in the 2004 Spanish general election, Zutik put an electoral platform together with Aralar.[2] Both were opposing ETA violence.
