Tag: history of the basques
The Basque who signed the first international agreement in Basque, and...
for A whilenow, we've been wanting to write an entry dedicated to René Cassin (Bayonne, 1887 – Paris 1976). A huge historical figure, he played a...
“The Basques: A Disappearing People” Élisée Reclus (1867)
Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and an anarchist member of the First International. A tireless traveler, he is the creator of Social Geography,...
Víctor Hugo’s on-the-mark thoughts on the Basques
Víctor Hugo, the man of letters, intellectual, and statesman) was an extraordinary man who lived in an extraordinary time. While firmly consistent in his...
Basques are from “the day before yesterday”, or science and populism
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Note: a few days after writing this, we couldn’t resist bringing back a story on another article in...
The story of Basque war children taken in in Newcastle
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
This is the third in a series of three articles dedicated to the publications of Sarah Richardson in...
The essential role the society of Newcastle played in the evacuation...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
The second of three articles we’re dedicating to the blog posts by Sarah Richardson for the Tyne &...
Today, they’re throwing a roof tile into the sea–a great day...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Today in Bermeo, they’re celebrating the Magdalenas, a festival that has a very peculiar centerpiece. The mayor of...
The westernmost point of the contiguous United States is: Cape Alava!
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Yes, you read it right, it’s not your imagination. The westernmost point of the contiguous United States on...
We Propose a Symbolic and Necessary Act: The Inauguration of the...
We've spoken about the Monument to the Fueros standing before the Government House of Navarre on many occasions, and during these heady days of...
The official end to the “Basque-Icelandic conflict” reported by The Washington...
This article was tranlated by Iustrans
A few days ago, the US newspaper The Washington Post published an article in its "world views" section written...