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Gaizka Aranguren, Journalist. Iruñea-Pamplone. Navarre - Basque Country
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Friday January 10, 2014 14:53 by Basque Solidarity - Basque Solidarity
While I´m writing these words they are arresting my brother. Again, yes. Now he is 40 and it looks like his crime is to building bridges between the political prisoners and the social collectives. My grandad (Gaizka Urroz, from Orreaga) was detained in 1937, sentenced to two death penalties that were commuted and then imprisoned. He was imprisoned because he was part of the Basque army. While he was doing slave work he escaped, and later he was very involved in the PNV (Basque Nationalist Party) in Venezuela and died when he was 41 years old. He was buried at Caracas’ Basque cemetery. |
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Jump To Comment: 1Gaizka, your family's story and, as you point out, the story of many families in the Basque Country, is similar to the story of many families in Ireland up to the first two decades of the last century and again, mostly in the Six Counties, during the 30-years' war up to the end of that century. Unfortunately, I am sure that it will also be the story of many families in Ireland in times to come as the fundamental issues of justice and self-determination have not been resolved.
You mention a film about your brother showing in the cinemas next week. Is this in English or with English subtitles? Is it showing in Ireland and, if so, where?
Later today the Dublin Irish Basque Solidarity Committee are having a social event to raise funds for Etxerat and of course to publicise further the situation of Basque political prisoners (around which the main emphasis of the DIBSC's work has been during 2013). The event is expected to be very well-attended.
(see Indymeida Events on http://www.indymedia.ie/article/104357 or the FB event page on https://www.facebook.com/events/433404133448462/)
I am sure that people wishing to get in touch to help with prisoner or more general Basque solidarity work would be more than welcome to get in touch with the DIBSC through their FB page or email basquedublin@gmail.com or in person at one of their events.
Solidarity greetings to your brother and the other seven who have been arrested in this newest anti-democratic attack by the Spanish state, along with those from Herrira, also the 40 prisoners from the youth organisation and the 40 from social centres and People's Bars.