Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or ETA (English: Basque Homeland and Freedom; pronounced), is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and they evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country from a Marxist-Leninist perspective.
ETA’s motto is Bietan jarrai (“Keep up on both”). This refers to the two figures in its symbol, a snake wrapped around an axe (representing armed struggle).