Catalonia
LETTERS—India’s vaccine rollout driven by power politics, not need
The Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest producer of vaccines, with the ability to produce 1.5 billion doses per year.
Catalan elections show backing for independence but far right also advances
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In the new parliament there is a leftist majority and a—different—pro-independence majority
International round up: State crackdown on farmers’ support in India
The panic-gripped Indian state responded to massive support for the farmers’ movement by accusing everyone of conspiring against it.
Interview with Catalan political prisoner Jordi Cuixart - ‘The state does not tolerate being questioned’
Jordi Cuixart, president of the biggest pro-independence organisation in Catalonia, was interviewed by David Karvala, just as the Spanish Supreme Court sent Cuixart back to prison after a short period of parole in his nine-year sentence for organising protests
As car bosses want job cuts, we need unity to resist
Auto bosses are setting workers against each other as they seek to restart profit-making.
New coalition government in Spain marks a shift to the right for Podemos
A new coalition government in Spain is vowing to create “a Spain of moderation and not a Spain of tension”.
Vote for far right Vox rocks elections in Spain
12 November 2019Elections in Spain last Sunday produced almost the same result as in April—except for a very disturbing rise for the far right party Vox.
Mass protests and strikes for democracy in Catalonia
20 October 2019A general strike brought much of Catalonia to a standstill on Friday.
Stand with Catalonia after new wave of repression
15 October 2019Massive protests erupted across Catalonia this week after a Spanish court sentenced nine pro-independence Catalan leaders to vicious prison terms.
Mobilisation in Catalonia after more repression
01 October 2019Nine Catalan independence activists have been arrested on charges of terrorism and rebellion. The Spanish state deployed 500 police officers to carry out the arrests.
Spanish elections: the mainstream right shattered, but the far right rises
29 April 2019Elections in the Spanish state on Sunday saw the victory of the Labour-type party but also the entry into the congress of the far right VOX party
Mass march for Catalan referendum
19 February 2019At least 200,000 people—half a million according to the organisers—marched in Barcelona last Saturday against the show trial of 12 Catalan nationalist leaders.
Spanish elections will highlight Catalan struggle and continuing austerity
16 February 2019Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez of the Labour-type PSOE party has dissolved parliament and called elections for 28 April.
Mass resistance and police repression in Catalonia
21 December 2018Thousands protested as the Spanish state held a cabinet meeting in Barcelona
Mariano Rajoy gone after he's implicated in corruption crisis
01 June 2018The fall of right wing Spanish leader Mariano Rajoy is a blow against supporters of austerity across Europe.
Right wing government in Spanish state could be on brink of collapse
25 May 2018Prime minister Mariano Rajoy is in trouble after a court case revealed systematic corruption in his party.
Spain faces a fresh crisis over Catalonia
22 May 2018A new political crisis was looming this week for Spanish Tory prime minster Mariano Rajoy over Catalonia and a crucial budget vote.
Reports round-up: Anger grows over pay and cuts in Scotland
17 April 2018Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure to stump up more money for public sector workers as she addressed the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) on Monday.
Fury as Catalan leader arrested in Scotland
27 March 2018Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon has exposed her government’s fake radicalism by cooperating with the clampdown on Catalan independence.
Elections in Catalonia: a bittersweet victory for independence
22 December 2017The headline result of the elections to the Catalan parliament is that pro-independence parties retained an overall parliamentary majority.
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