Fundraiser for Basque Political Prisoners in Ireland

From: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102896

"Next Saturday 12th January from 8pm in Seomra Spraoi, Dublin, fundraiser for Basque political prisoners organised by Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee. DJs galore - playing a mix of 60s beat; garage; soul; reggae; ska; rocksteady; punk; new wave; funk and disco.

OVER 700 POLITICAL PRISONERS out of a population of less than 3 million, dispersed in jails hundreds or thousands of kilometers from their families, decades added to their sentences for not renouncing their beliefs, terminally and seriously-ill prisoners kept in jail. SEND THEM HOME!

This is a fundraiser to help families of the prisoners. The night will kick off with some folk music and will be followed by a host of DJs playing a mix of 60s beat & garage; soul; reggae; rocksteady; ska; punk & new wave tunes.

It is taking place on the same day as the annual massive prisoners' solidarity demonstration of hundreds of thousands in Bilbao of which scenes will be shown on the night.

It promises to be a great night and half the money raised goes towards Seomra Spraoi."

A building squatted in Urduliz

According to topatu, a building have been squatted in Urduliz (Bizkaia south basque country).

A group of youth have entered inside a propriety of the town hall. According to them, the town hall build it some years ago to use it as a swimming pool. But they waste public money building an unnecessary macro-hospital (that the city do not need it). Next hours they are going to talk about the use of the new "Gaztetxe"

Images of Euskal Herria-Bolivia football match

More information in (update: 16 people have been charged with various offenses for the riots at football match):

http://basqueconflict.blogspot.com.es/2012/12/football-match-euskal-herria-and-bolivia.html

http://basqueconflict.blogspot.com.es/2013/01/riots-during-basque-selection-football.html

The demonstration in support of the basque sports differents teams officiality and basque political prisoners.

 

Supporters

Police attacking them with batons

Police started attacking

Flares

A mural in tribute to victims of 1976 removed

According to Sare antifaxista, the mural placed in front of a church in Gasteiz (Araba south basque country) had been removed by the cure without notice. 

The mural was placed in tribute to the victims of the spanish police repression against workers in Gasteiz, five of them were killed by police bullets. After that, more people died in other protests in south basque country by Gasteiz events.

Usually, the marches in remembrance of that events are attacked by Ertzaintza (basque regional police).

New direct action ("Euskal Herria ez dago salgai")

According to Kazeta, an office of "Morancais" (a real state in french state) in Basusarri (Lapurdi north basque country) was attacked yesterday in the night. It had been attacked with fire and some of the windows were broken. The fire caused minor damages in the office.

A message was written in basque and french: "Euskal Herria ez da salgai"-"The basque country is not on sale"

On december of 2012, an attack was claimed in name of the "Euskal Herria ez da salgai" in north basque country: http://basqueconflict.blogspot.com.es/2012/12/the-basque-country-is-not-for-sale-new.html

The attacks are being investigated by the french counter-terrorist police. Jean Calude Agerre (militant of offical Abertzale left) have said that these attacks were not in the new strategy of Abertzale left.

Three young Basques are hidden

According to naiz, three of the five youths sentenced to jail have decided to hide. On 19 of December, five basque youngs were sentenced to prison (6-6.5years) for being members of the basque young revolutionary organization Segi.

Recently,  three of the young, sent a video to naiz in which they explain their decision of hide. According to them, they have suffered repression by their political work in Segi. The confessions used during the trial, were obtained using torture.

They have also thanked to all the help that have received from their supporters.

Batasuna announced it dissolution

The political party Batasuna announced yesterday its dissolution in Baiona (Lapurdi north basque country). 

Maite Goienetxe (left in the photo) and Jean-Claude Agerre (right in the photo) announced yesterday in Baiona the decision of Batasuna of dissolving after 11 years of work.

According to them, a new age have started in the basque country and this new age needs new tools. Different organizations of Abertzale left have announced also their dissolution recently: Segi (the young organization), Askatasuna (anti-repressive organization) and Ekin (ideological organization). Now, Abertzale left is creating a new political party (Sortu) and different young groups are participating in the creation of a new basque youth revolutionary organization ("ZukGura" process).

They have remembered bad times like arrests, bank accounts closing, prison for their militants etc. But they have also remembered all the steps that they made in favour of national construction and union of pro-independence people. According to them, in north basque country the situation have also changed after the agreement between different "abertzale" (pro-independence) and leftist.

When a journalistasked if they have taken steps to integrate into Sortu (the new political party of Abertzale left) they have indicated that the different militants of Batasuna will decide if they want to be militants of Sortu.

More information about Batasuna history:

Wikipedia (english) 

 

 

Riots during the basque selection football match

On 29 of December, the Basque national football team ("Euskal Herriko selekzioa") and Bolivian national football team played a football match in Anoeta (Donosti, Gipuzkoa south basque country). The supporters were showing banners in support of basque political prisoners and the independence of basque country.

According to different media, some groups of basque supporters started throwing flares in the stadium. After some minutes, the special anti-riot group of Ertzaintza (basque regional police) attacked them using batons.

People throwed against them chairs and firecrackers. According to the basque regional police, 14 policemen were injured (two of them with bone fractures) and 2 young were arrested. There are no official data about the people that were injured during the riots, but there were at least two young with head injuries.

Basque regional government have announced an investigation about the incidents. PP (a right-wing spanish political party) have critized strongly the security of the football match and they have used the incidents to critize also Bildu (a basque coalition of pro-independence and leftist political parties).