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Published in: HomeSpain’s attacks on fighting backThe Spanish government's violent campaign against the grassroots Platform for Mortgage Victims is a dangerous turn...
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Published in: 50.50Spain: redefining democracy?The Spanish prefer to describe themselves as picaresque or roguish, but the arrogance of the rich and endemic...
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Published in: HomeEurope’s guns, debt and corruption
This second of two essays on military spending and the EU crisis, explores the role of the European arms trade,...
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Published in: HomeA short history of banks and democracyThe extraordinary bounce-back of the banks reveals the most disturbing, but least obvious, largely invisible,...
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Published in: openSecurityBeyond the ghost townThe collapse of Spain's property-led economy stands to highlight the intense yet fraught relationship between...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of sexual harassment in Spain
A scandal related to women’s rights and the socialist party in Spain, PSOE, broke out last month on International...
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Published in: HomeYoung and good looking: the saviours of Europe’s LeftThey are young. They are good looking. They are well spoken. They may just be the saviours of the European Left.
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Published in: HomeHoping for an Italian Spring?
More widely, what the M5S’ success represents is a challenge to the approach to economic reform which has too often...
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Published in: 50.50Ex-President Zapatero : the fate of the new political manAs a "convinced and proud feminist" José Luis Rodrigues Zapatero opted for feminist strategies and policies as a...
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Published in: openSecurityThe battle for space in Barcelona: the 'rose of fire'Beyond indignation and in the wake of a housing market crash, a series of daily battles are taking place on the...
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Published in: openSecurityEurope's Middle East policies: a southern European twist
More coordination and strategy are needed in Europe's response to the sinister signs of stolen revolution. The...
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Published in: 50.50Who will decide the future of Spain ?
Accusations of corruption against members of the “Partido Popular” far outstrip previous corruption scandals...
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Published in: HomePolitical corruption in Spain: will this be Rajoy’s Watergate?As each day progressively reveals the extent of corruption inside the ruling People's Party, the Spanish people are...
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Published in: HomeAre smaller avenues of collective self-determination emerging out of the crisis?Is national citizenship still a valid organizational factor in the context of the crisis? A radical re-thinking of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCivic Republicanism: a North Star for hard timesThe key principle of Republicanism is to minimise domination wherever it is found. The Zapatero governments in Spain...
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Published in: HomeThe rise of Catalonia: unravelling the debate on Catalan independenceThe Catalan separatists' greatest achievement was perhaps to change the terms of the debate on independence, from an...
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Published in: 50.50On the streets in Spain: not only the homeless
The monarchy, the political and economic systems, even the judiciary and the church appear to be failing the people...
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Published in: openSecurityThe year of not living dangerously
ETA's 2011 ceasefire was a historic marker for the 40-plus year struggle. As the group struggles for political...
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Published in: HomeCatalonia: the case for glocal rethink
We do not know which classes are at loggerheads. We have to engage in a profound rethinking of one of the greatest...
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Published in: 50.50No more 'machismo': domestic violence in the political arenaDomestic violence in Spain can’t be blamed on ‘machismo’ argues Liz Cooper. When the statistics show Spain is just...
