Education strike and Filipe Bidart

Demonstration

According to trade unions (ELA, LAB, ESK, CCOO etc.) and student's organizations (Ikasle Abertzaleak etc.), more than %60 of teachers have supported education strike today in Nafarroa (south basque country). The majority of basque teachers (in south basque country, you can be taught in spanish or basque) have supported this education strike. More than 12.000 people have marched along Iruña (south basque country) in a demonstration against cuts in education system. In the demonstration, have parodied "San Fermin" celebration.

There are also different demonstrations and actions in all Nafarroa. Permanent assemblies have been created in different schools to organize the resistence against cuts in education. Spanish police (wih helicopters), guardia civil (spanish militar police) and municipal police have been present in most of demonstrations. There is no information about incidents, but it seems that in Tafalla (a town in the middle of Nafarroa) guardia civil have attacked people (information not confirmed).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMv8K5TFOvU&list=UUj8kvK93VF-ox__QVSkaSRg&index=1&feature=plcp

Filipe Bidart "free" on 2007

Filipe Bidart, historical member of Iparretarrak, can now live in "iparralde" (north basque country). Filipe Bidart was imprisoned for 19 years in french state. He was accused (falsely) of killing "gendarmes" (french police) when he was member of Iparretarrak. When he was in prison, he (and his family/friends) suffered the dispersion that spanish and french states uses against basque political prisoners. After getting free on 2007, Filipe Bidart said that he is not free while the basque country is under spanish and french power. French state forbade him to live in basque country. Today, a judge has decided to repeal the prohibition.