A Battle of Narratives: Spanish Victims Organizations International Action to Delegitimize Terrorism and Political Violence

Javier Argomaniz

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2018, vol. 41, issue 7, 573-588

Abstract: Spanish victims groups have provided a visible contribution to European terrorist violence prevention efforts. Instrumental and knowledge transfer motivations partly explain this interest but a separate driver that requires more attention is their opposition to the international narrative that legitimizes Euskadi Ta Askatasuna's violence promulgated by the political movement of the Basque Patriotic Left. This has resulted in a “battle of narratives” played out at the international level in order to shape the future of Basque politics where victims are challenging a discourse that frames the past in a way that justifies terrorism and that leaves the door open to a future return to violence.

Date: 2018
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