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The Degrowth platform of the CUP for Catalonia
The Degrowth platform of the CUP for Catalonia (Adapted from a previous version in Galician published at El Salto. Translated and adapted by Mark Burton and Salvador Lladó.)“By speaking of degrowth, you don’t win elections”, said Juan Carlos Monedero, one of the most charismatic members of the Spanish political party Podemos, a few years ago. But […]
The Crisis in Catalonia & What I Saw in Our Neighborhood in Barcelona
The Crisis in Catalonia & What I Saw in Our Neighborhood in Barcelona As separatist region is rocked by violence, businesses sound alarm. Two of Catalonia’s biggest business associations, Foment de Treball and Pimec, have called for calm and dialogue after ten days of non-stop political and civil unrest in the separatist region of Spain. At a […]
Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Just Got a Lot Worse
Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Just Got a Lot Worse Massive peaceful protests, along with days of violent clashes, demonstrate that the fight over this region’s independence movement affects the entire country and is far from over. “Now that the verdict’s out, it’s time to start getting along,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said at a press […]
Return of the Euro Crisis: Italy Quakes, Rest of the World Shakes and Merkel’s Empire Breaks
Return of the Euro Crisis: Italy Quakes, Rest of the World Shakes and Merkel’s Empire Breaks Europe’s many fault lines are spreading once again, bringing the endless euro crisis saga back in 3-D realism. Italy gained a new anti-establishment government last week, even as Spain elected a new Socialista government that could crack Catalonia off from the […]
The Isolation of Julian Assange Must Stop
The Isolation of Julian Assange Must Stop We call on the government of Ecuador to allow Julian Assange his right of freedom of speech. If it was ever clear that the case of Julian Assange was never just a legal case, but a struggle for the protection of basic human rights, it is now. Citing […]
Spain Arrests Leaders of Catalonia Independence Movement & They Dare to Claim Russia Does Not Respect Democracy?
Spain Arrests Leaders of Catalonia Independence Movement & They Dare to Claim Russia Does Not Respect Democracy? The Spanish government has shown to the entire world that it denies human rights and has absolutely no democratic principles whatsoever. The next step is for the pretend elected government to declare a perpetual state of emergency and […]
It’s Feeling Like the 1930s in Spain and France
It’s Feeling Like the 1930s in Spain and France During the Spanish Civil War, many loyalist leaders and supporters of the Spanish Republican government fled into exile to wage their battle against the Spanish fascist dictatorship of Generalissimo Francisco Franco from abroad. 2018 is beginning to feel like 1939. After the fall of the Second […]
Rajoy Slapped in the Face: Catalonia Elects Pro-Independence Speaker
Rajoy Slapped in the Face: Catalonia Elects Pro-Independence Speaker Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy received a well-deserved slap in the face today. Independents again rule Catalonia. In October, prime minister Mariano Rajoy took direct control of Catalonia, jailing its leaders and dissolving its parliament after Catalan president Carles Puigdemont declared independence in October. Puigdemont is […]
Forget About Catalonia And Brexit, The Next European Black Swan Could Be Transylvania
Forget About Catalonia And Brexit, The Next European Black Swan Could Be Transylvania Over the past 100 years, the borders in Central and Eastern Europe have been redrawn time and time again, often leaving groups of people separated from their home country by new borders. Although land often changed hands relatively peacefully, suddenly finding one-selves […]
Spanish Government Blames Russian “Dezinformatsiya” Campaign For Catalan Uprising
Spanish Government Blames Russian “Dezinformatsiya” Campaign For Catalan Uprising No, not The Onion… In what is perhaps the least surprising tactic from the Spanish establishment, a government-backed research institute in Madrid has stated that Spain’s struggle to quash separatism in its Catalonia region was disrupted by Russian hackers agitating for a break-up, in a hallmark […]
Direct Rule: the Latest Weapon for Crumbling Governments
Direct Rule: the Latest Weapon for Crumbling Government The recent imposition of direct rule by the Spanish government on the autonomous region of Catalonia is having a ripple effect across Europe and around the world. Spain’s neo-fascist prime minister, Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party – the ideological heirs of Caudillo Francisco Franco’s Falangist Movement […]
100+ Respected Academics Slam EU in Letter to Juncker Citing “Rule of Law”
100+ Respected Academics Slam EU in Letter to Juncker Citing “Rule of Law” On Thursday, over 100 well-respected academics slammed the EU in a letter sent a letter to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council president Donald Tusk. The academics cited the rule of law. The open letter , signed by highly-respected academics […]
