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Hi Carsten

> What, if any, is the relation between the
> radical Basque nationalism and the xenophobia that is
> becoming all too common in today's Europe?

> So: Are left-wing Basque nationalists in this respect
> as bad as Spanish nationalists
>(normally with strong racist opinions against Gipsies
> and Arabs), or would they be more like the
> anti-racist left?

Basque left-wing nationalist is anti-racist, ecologist,
feminist... Even right-wing Basque nationalist is quite anti-racist, and the
 assaults, killings and beatings against Gypsies, Morrocoans or Black people are
 unknown in EH (though other forms of racism do exist)

> And would it be possible to imagine ethnic minorities
> and Basque nationalism unite forces against Spanish
> nationalism as represented by the PP?

This month Spanish Fascist Skin-heads have killed one Basque supporter, Aitor
 Zabaleta, near a Soccer stadium at Madrid. Though Fascist violence against
 Basques is quite common in Madrid, this death have shocked Basque people.

These Spanish Fascists do organize violence against other minorities and
 lower-class. Inside a so-called 'Limpia Madrid' (Clean Madrid) campaing, many
 homeless have been burnt alive during past years. If (when) this attacks
 repeat, I hope Basque Society will movilize again in a mourning demostration,
 and show we don't just worry about our own problems.

Inaki


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