Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train Project
<p>This article offers an analysis of the process of criminalization, which, in the authors’ opinion, the Basque Ecologist Movement (BEM) has suffered in its fight against the High Speed Train (HST). The text is structured in five sections. The initial section highlights the main cha...
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| author | Carlos Alonso Cidad Iñaki Barcena Hinojal Izaro Gorostidi Bidaurrazaga |
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| description | <p>This article offers an analysis of the process of criminalization, which, in the authors’ opinion, the Basque Ecologist Movement (BEM) has suffered in its fight against the High Speed Train (HST). The text is structured in five sections. The initial section highlights the main characteristics of the BEM from its origins to the present, indicating the importance in its development of the Basque national question and political violence on one side, and a combined discourse that is at once local and global on the other. The second section provides data referring to the HST project, indicating its political and socio-economic impacts, while the third section is dedicated to clarifying the main identity features and lines of action of the anti-HST movement. The fourth section shows both the repertory of collective action of the opponents of the HST and the policies of repression and criminalization exercised against them. The fifth and final section is situated in today’s new political cycle, which follows the end of ETA’s armed activity and sets out possible future scenarios. Rather than an academic article consisting of intellectual reflection, this article is intended as a political testimony of the long struggle of this social movement, involving 20 years of ecologist activism, a struggle that continues today, since the infrastructure project is still in force, although the conflict is little known at the international level.</p> <hr /><p>Este artículo ofrece un análisis del proceso de criminalización, que, en opinión de los autores, el Movimiento Ecologista Vasco ha sufrido en su lucha contra el Tren de Alta Velocidad (TAV). El texto se estructura en cinco partes. En la primera se destacan las principales características del Movimiento Ecologista Vasco, desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad, subrayando la importancia en su desarrollo de la cuestión nacional vasca y la violencia política por un lado, y por otro, un discurso combinado local y global a la vez. En el segundo punto se ofrecen datos referentes al proyecto del TAV, indicando sus impactos políticos y socio-económicos, mientras que la tercera parte está dedicada a esclarecer los rasgos de identidad y líneas de acción principales del movimiento anti-TAV. En el cuarto punto se muestran tanto el repertorio de la acción colectiva de los opositores del TAV como las políticas de represión y criminalización ejercida contra ellos. La quinta y última parte se sitúa en el actual nuevo ciclo político, que sigue al final de la actividad armada de ETA y establece posibles escenarios futuros. En lugar de un artículo académico que consiste en la reflexión intelectual, este artículo pretende ser un testimonio político de la larga lucha de este movimiento social, incluyendo 20 años de activismo ecologista, una lucha que continúa en la actualidad, ya que el proyecto de infraestructura se encuentra aún en vigor, aunque el conflicto sea poco conocido a nivel internacional. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-016f5609b7b94a2fa26019c61cbcb5d82022-12-21T19:45:51ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712014-01-01411334240Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train ProjectCarlos Alonso CidadIñaki Barcena HinojalIzaro Gorostidi Bidaurrazaga<p>This article offers an analysis of the process of criminalization, which, in the authors’ opinion, the Basque Ecologist Movement (BEM) has suffered in its fight against the High Speed Train (HST). The text is structured in five sections. The initial section highlights the main characteristics of the BEM from its origins to the present, indicating the importance in its development of the Basque national question and political violence on one side, and a combined discourse that is at once local and global on the other. The second section provides data referring to the HST project, indicating its political and socio-economic impacts, while the third section is dedicated to clarifying the main identity features and lines of action of the anti-HST movement. The fourth section shows both the repertory of collective action of the opponents of the HST and the policies of repression and criminalization exercised against them. The fifth and final section is situated in today’s new political cycle, which follows the end of ETA’s armed activity and sets out possible future scenarios. Rather than an academic article consisting of intellectual reflection, this article is intended as a political testimony of the long struggle of this social movement, involving 20 years of ecologist activism, a struggle that continues today, since the infrastructure project is still in force, although the conflict is little known at the international level.</p> <hr /><p>Este artículo ofrece un análisis del proceso de criminalización, que, en opinión de los autores, el Movimiento Ecologista Vasco ha sufrido en su lucha contra el Tren de Alta Velocidad (TAV). El texto se estructura en cinco partes. En la primera se destacan las principales características del Movimiento Ecologista Vasco, desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad, subrayando la importancia en su desarrollo de la cuestión nacional vasca y la violencia política por un lado, y por otro, un discurso combinado local y global a la vez. En el segundo punto se ofrecen datos referentes al proyecto del TAV, indicando sus impactos políticos y socio-económicos, mientras que la tercera parte está dedicada a esclarecer los rasgos de identidad y líneas de acción principales del movimiento anti-TAV. En el cuarto punto se muestran tanto el repertorio de la acción colectiva de los opositores del TAV como las políticas de represión y criminalización ejercida contra ellos. La quinta y última parte se sitúa en el actual nuevo ciclo político, que sigue al final de la actividad armada de ETA y establece posibles escenarios futuros. En lugar de un artículo académico que consiste en la reflexión intelectual, este artículo pretende ser un testimonio político de la larga lucha de este movimiento social, incluyendo 20 años de activismo ecologista, una lucha que continúa en la actualidad, ya que el proyecto de infraestructura se encuentra aún en vigor, aunque el conflicto sea poco conocido a nivel internacional.http://ssrn.com/abstract=2368880CriminalizationBasque environmental movementinfrastructural projectsCriminalizaciónMovimiento ecologista vascoproyectos de infraestructuras |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Alonso Cidad Iñaki Barcena Hinojal Izaro Gorostidi Bidaurrazaga Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train Project Oñati Socio-Legal Series Criminalization Basque environmental movement infrastructural projects Criminalización Movimiento ecologista vasco proyectos de infraestructuras |
| title | Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train Project |
| title_full | Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train Project |
| title_fullStr | Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train Project |
| title_short | Repression and Criminalization of the Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country: the Case of the High Speed Train Project |
| title_sort | repression and criminalization of the ecologist movement in the basque country the case of the high speed train project |
| topic | Criminalization Basque environmental movement infrastructural projects Criminalización Movimiento ecologista vasco proyectos de infraestructuras |
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