Herritar Batasuna (HB; lit. Citizens' Unity) is a Basque revolutionary socialist political organisation launched in Pamplona (Iruñea) on 28 January 2017. It defines its basic pillars as independence, socialism, reunification and re-Euskaldunization (re-Basquization).
HB situates itself within the extra-parliamentary, dissident space of the abertzale left, separate from the coalition EH Bildu.
The HB project was launched by thirty activists next to the Monumento a los Fueros in Pamplona on 28 January 2017, framing it as a new organisational space that sought to recover the âÂÂrevolutionary socialist and abertzale spiritâ associated with historic movements while adapting it to the 21st century.
Basque daily Berria described HB's stated aim as building independence and socialism as two sides of the same process, with an anticapitalist, antifascist and anti-imperialist orientation.
HB's own organisational documents emphasise assembly-based decision-making at local, regional and national levels, coordinated by a National Coordinating body between assemblies. The group describes itself as revolutionary-socialist and pro-independence, advocating a strategic line of âÂÂindependence and socialismâÂÂ.
In media analyses of the wider abertzale milieu, HB is typically cited among minor dissident groupings (e.g., alongside GKS), whose abstentionist campaigns have not measurably affected EH Bildu's electoral performance. HB itself has issued calls for âÂÂactive, revolutionary abstentionâ in election cycles.
HB operates as an extra-parliamentary movement, publishing statements, holding rallies and interventions. In 2025 the organisation publicised its call to mark Aberri Eguna (Basque National Day) in Orreaga (Roncesvalles).
HB issues the periodical HAZIA (seed) as a bulletin featuring commentary on labour struggles and movement strategy.