Baschi o spagnoli? Valori politici e repertorio di azione dei giovani spagnoli presenti nel forum sociale europeo

The aim of the research paper consists of joining a specific analysis of Basque condition to the case of “antiglobalist” social movement acting at European level. The research plan describes the mutual contamination between the “antiglobalist” repertoire of contentious values and the main issues of ethnic-nationalist activism. Both “anti-globalist movement” members and Basque militants use European Union as an additional arena for the mobilisation of resources that may then be put in action at the national level. Do they use a “not-violence” strategy or their contentious actions concern violent attitudes like damaging and injuring? To answer these questions the Authors have interviewed the European components of the fourth European Social Forum held in Athens in April 2006, with a particular attention to Basque delegation.