Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers

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Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers

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.

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Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers
Langile Abertzale Iraultzaileen Alderdia
PresidentGabriel Petrikorena
Founded1974 (1974)
Dissolved1984 (1984)
HeadquartersIruña
NewspaperSugarra
Trade union affiliationLangile Abertzale Komiteak
IdeologyAbertzale Left
Libertarian Socialism
Autonomous Marxism
Independentism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationKoordinadora Abertzale Sozialista (1975-1979)
Herri Batasuna (1978-1980)
Auzolan (1983-1984)
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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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