Episode #208 - Basque Freedom

Episode 208 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download the episode directly here . This week, Craig talks to Igor Zulaika, one of the newly elected parliamentarians in the Basque Country's recent parliamentary elections which saw his party, the left-wing pro-independence EH Bildu, gain its highest ever vote share, just one seat shy of being the largest party in Parliament. They discuss the history of the Basque national movement, the landscape of politics in the Basque Country (including their relations with the other largest party, pro-independence but right-leaning Basque National Party) and on politics between the Basque Country and Spain where pro-independence parties have in the past been dismissed as little more than the political wing of violent groups (even after the disarmament and disbanding of groups like ETA) but who are being increasingly relied upon for support in the Spanish Parliament. Finally, the discuss the prospect of Basque independence in the context of a Spanish constitution that all but prohibits it. If you'd like to keep up with Basque politics from Scotland, Igor recommends the newspaper Gara . Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at craig@common.scot You can also find us on iTunes , Spotify , Castbox , Stitcher, Tunein , iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators. You can also add the podcast to your RSS feed using this link: Theme Excerpts from "Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License Support the show

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This episode is 41:01 long.

This episode was published on Apr 24, 2024.

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