Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers explained

Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers
Native Name:Langile Abertzale Iraultzaileen Alderdia
President:Gabriel Petrikorena
Headquarters:Iruña
Wing1 Title:Trade union affiliation
Wing1:Langile Abertzale Komiteak
Newspaper:Sugarra
Ideology:Abertzale Left
Libertarian Socialism
Autonomous Marxism
Independentism
Position:Left-wing
National:Koordinadora Abertzale Sozialista (1975-1979)
Herri Batasuna (1978-1980)
Auzolan (1983-1984)
Colorcode:red
Country:Spain
State:Basque Country

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.

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.

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  1. http://www.vientosur.info/articulosabiertos/VS115_Letamendia_IzqAbertzale.pdf Full PDF