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People's Socialist Revolutionary Party

People's Socialist Revolutionary Party was a non-legal Basque political party, considered commonly to be the political branch of ETA. It always ran as part of the coalition of the Basque National Liberation Movement, Herri Batasuna, until its self-dissolution in the 1990s. The party's acronym "HASI" means "to begin" in Basque language.

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People's Socialist Revolutionary Party
Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea
PresidentSantiago Brouard (1978–1984)
Secretary-GeneralAlberto Figueroa (1977–1978)
Txomin Ziluaga (1979–1989)
Founded5 July 1979 (1979-07-05)1
Dissolved1992 (1992)
Merger ofEuskal Herriko Alderdi Sozialista (EHAS)
Eusko Sozialistak (ES)
Youth wingJarrai
IdeologyBasque independence
Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Abertzale Left
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationHerri Batasuna
Koordinadora Abertzale Sozialista

People's Socialist Revolutionary Party (Basque: Herri Alderdi Sozialista Iraultzailea; HASI) was a non-legal Basque political party, considered commonly to be the political branch of ETA. It always ran as part of the coalition of the Basque National Liberation Movement, Herri Batasuna, until its self-dissolution in the 1990s. The party's acronym "HASI" means "to begin" in Basque language.

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Casanova, Iker; Asensio, Paul (2006). Argala. Tafalla (Navarra): Editorial Txalaparta. p. 376. ISBN 84-8136-142-9.