Spain
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.
Letters: ‘Radical’ left in Spain failed the test of coronavirus
I was angry to see the Spanish state relax its coronavirus lockdown last week and workers in manufacturing and construction being told to return to work.
Move to restart economy is driven by state’s rivalry
Global deaths from the coronavirus surpassed 100,000 at the end of last week. In many countries there is no let-up in the grim statistics of infection and deaths.
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”.
Wave of protests in Madrid to pile pressure on climate talks
The streets of Madrid were filled with defiant scenes last week as thousands of climate campaigners protested outside United Nations (UN) climate talks.
Vote for far right Vox rocks elections in Spain
Elections in Spain last Sunday produced almost the same result as in April—except for a very disturbing rise for the far right party Vox.
Eyewitness from mass protests and police repression in Catalonia
28 October 2019Angry protests swept Catalonia last weekend over harsh jail sentences handed down to activists who called the 2017 independence referendum. Over 350,000 people marched last Saturday.
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.
Paul Mason’s ‘popular front’ of failures is not the way to beat the right
19 August 2019Journalist Paul Mason has called on Labour to support a ‘Popular Front’ to stop the far right. It proved a disaster in the 1930s—and he should know it, writes Nick Clark
Firefighter Miguel Roldan speaks out - taking on the state to save refugees
04 July 2019Spanish firefighter Miguel Roldan faces up to 20 years in jail for helping to rescue desperate refugees who would otherwise have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. He spoke to Nick Clark about why states are going to war on migrants – and what we can do about it
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
Millions join International Women’s Day strikes in Spain
08 March 2019Women struck across the Spanish state on Friday, International Women’s Day, in a howl of rage against oppression.
‘We have millions of reasons to protest’ on International Women’s Day
01 March 2019On International Women's Day, 8 March, mass protests and strikes are planned in some countries. Sadie Robinson spoke to some of the activists involved.
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
Far right takes step forward and could make it into government in Andalusia
04 December 2018A far right party has won seats in a Spanish regional election for the first time since the days of dictator Francisco Franco
Refugees storm Spanish border fence
23 October 2018One African migrant died and three others were injured when around 300 stormed the border fence separating Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco in north Africa on Sunday.
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