Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Protests in Iruña and "Patakon" gaztetxea

Dozens of people have supported basque political prisoners in front of PP headquarters in Iruña (Nafarroa south basque country).

All the weeks, people protest in front of Iruña PP headquarters. On thursdays and fridays there are protests in favour of basque political prisoners in all along basque country.

The trial against "Patakon gaztetxea" have started. A "gaztetxe" is a squatted and self-managed local. This kind of organization is very common in the basque country, the "gaztetxe" are usually organized by a "gazte asanblada" (youth assembly). In this assembly, people of different ideologies (pro-independence, anarchists, ecologist etc.) collaborate in the creation of a free space. The Spanish and french repression have targeted a lot of times against this kind of locals, some recent examples:




"Patakon" gaztetxea was occupied on June of this year in Bilbo (Bizkaia south basque country). From the beginning, police harassment was constant and late June the gaztetxe was evicted by Ertzaintza (Euskadi autonomous police". 24 people were acusated of different offenses. The youth have claimed that they are going to continue with their struggle and creating a new social alternative.

Some photos of eviction:
Ertzaintza in front of Patakon
Ertzaintza and local police threatening youth
Ertzaintza entering in the Patakon

People supporting Patakon
Members of Patakon youth assembly

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