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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Galicia: Spain’s forgotten stateless nation
What do the Galicians want? 47 people leave Galicia every day. But they won an MP in the November election, who can...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s migration tourniquet comes full circle
For every asylum application that was accepted in the EU last year, two were rejected. Anti-migration rhetoric has...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The rise of the far right in Spain
A revival of far-right sentiment is currently gripping Spain.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia mon amour
In which the author goes in pursuit of sanity, and is forced to take a stand.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightVOX and the rhetoric of gender violence
The far-right party’s behaviour has been very controversial, to say the least, in many aspects concerning women’s issues.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spain’s response to protests is a dangerous step towards authoritarianism
“The reality is a democratic mass movement increasingly frustrated with successive governments who have sought...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia and the paradox of unity
“This polarisation between two forceful pressures towards unity is leaving many people like me without any options.” Español
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mortal remains: Spain and the legacy of Franco
The removal of Franco’s body following 16 years of campaigning and legal battles can only be a first step on the...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightThe memory of Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still alive
Those who defend statues meant to assert dominance have yet to learn the lessons of the past.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Three nights with the citizens of Girona
A general strike had been called across Catalonia and somewhere down there, winding through the new town on the far...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFrom Hong Kong, to Beirut, to Quito, to Barcelona, the frustration extends throughout the world.
Frustration is growing and often turning into urban violence. There are a number of reasons why this is happening...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spanish nationalism loses the plot
The English nationalism unleashed by Brexit is not the same as the Spanish nationalism unleashed by the Catalan...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightBeers for Spain and Instagram: VOX and the youth vote
VOX knows how important young people are for their political goals so they cherish and pamper their junior supporters.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spain’s politicised legal system on trial
This is not fascism, but it is postfascism. The degree to which the law is used and abused for political purposes in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why won't the European Parliament let these three Catalan MEPs in?
If these three Catalan MEPs are not allowed to participate in the next legislature, Europe will have lost more than...
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Published in: ourEconomySpanish municipal elections: what happened with the new municipalist projects?
With the results still playing out, the survival of parties like Barcelona en Comú will depend on their ability to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Saviours of the nation? – on the breakthrough of the radical populist right in Spain
Attacking the symptom (i.e., the populist radical right) is not going to do the trick – not in Spain, not in the...
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Published in: 50.50Revealed: the Trump-linked ‘Super PAC’ working behind the scenes to drive Europe’s voters to the far Right
openDemocracy undercover investigation reveals ‘explosive’ evidence of ‘deeply concerning’ coordination between...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe extreme right international movement gets ready to fight its next battle in Spain
Hours before the closing of the campaign, an investigation by openDemocracy reveals the widespread international...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFariña: Spain’s Original Cocaine Cowboys
Snow on the Atlantic: How Cocaine Came to Europe describes how a sleepy corner of Spain grew to occupy a vital...