The Basques

The Basques traces the political, cultural and linguistic history of the Basque people and their struggle for independence from the Spanish and French states.

It also explains why the Basque Country has not been officially recognised, why it is politically divided, and why there is discrimination against its language. It describes the two-fold response of the country itself, first of all in the creation of the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (The Basque Nationalist Party), and then of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, otherwise known as ETA. The Basques.