Their Commitment is the Sling

In their article titled "Fighting Against Goliath", Berria describes the problems faced by teachers of Euskera in towns where Spanish is spoked more widely.

Here is a paragraph that describes the situation:

Jaione Zabala, who teaches at the Alkartu council school in Barakaldo, does not fully concur with this assertion. “You can also learn English in the Basque Country, but the thing is that it is a much slower, more tiring process. The same thing happens to us with our Basque. They don’t have the same facilities for learning Basque as people in Basque-speaking areas do. They have to buy sweets in Spanish, they won’t be watching Basque TV (ETB), because their parents or older brothers and sisters don’t understand Basque…”

This is something that has been addressed multiple times, the danger of having Euskera, the oldest European language, competing against two formidable linguistic behemots. There is a huge gap between what Madrid claims and what they actually allow. Having members of the PP calling the Ikastolas by the term of "hotbeds of terrorism" because education is imparted in Euskera is but one example.

One thing though, the commitment of all those involved in the strenghtening of Euskera can be quite an effective sling against this Goliath.

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