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Published in: openSecuritySpain: how a democratic country can silence its citizensSpain, one of the European countries at the sharp end of imposed austerity measures, has also been in the vanguard...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos: a cat among the pigeons in CataloniaPodemos supports the principle of Catalan self-determination, but hopes that Catalans would vote to stay in Spain,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos, Can We? An appeal to all women and men who hope and strive for a true transformation in Spain, in Europe and beyondThis is an appeal to all women and men who have had enough and are seeking to bring about a true social and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Spanish town where people come before profitThe remarkable story of Marinaleda - the Andalucian town based on co-operative and social-democratic principles that...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalan independence: the necessary choiceAfter many years of beating our heads against the wall of the Spanish state, trying to reform it into something more...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Just who are Podemos?Who are the people voting for Podemos? An analysis of election data reveals some surpising results.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?For Spanish democrats, this is the time to demand the reinstatement of the republic
The monarchy in Spain is an institution that is intimately linked with the fascist regime of General Franco. Spain’s...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Human chain demanding the Basque right to decide gathers 150,000On the 8 June 2014, thousands of citizens from the Basque Country demanded the right to decide their future by...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos, or how the European elections helped trigger the early exit of a kingThe extraordinary electoral success of Podemos, given its short trajectory, has had the greatest repercussion...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos: the machine is still under constructionThe new institutions don't need to integrate the constituent demands to their representation, but to be in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The King is dead!The King is dead! Long live the giddy baby elephant of the people!
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Last King of Spain?After 39 years on the throne, Juan Carlos de Borbón has announced his abdication of the Spanish Crown in favor of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?“Spain is Different”: Podemos and 15-MPodemos has presented itself as a party of "decent ordinary people”, who understand the needs of ordinary citizens...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Surveillance in Spain: a slowly developing debate amid political indifferenceHow did the Snowden saga impact Spain? How did the government and society react to the revelations about...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Longing for democracy in SpainThe death of Adolfo Suárez, the first democratic PM of post-Franco Spain, at the age of 81, has reminded a depressed...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spain and Catalonia: an Iberian dilemmaPM Mariano Rajoy has refused even to acknowledge the possibility of a Catalan referendum on independence. Does he...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Trapped in the Eurozone - the deep nature of Spain's economic woesThe logic behind tax avoidance is the lack of trust. If you do not trust your fellow countrymen (and particularly...
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Published in: 50.50Spain: national television, government tool?
The Spanish government's determination to manipulate public television and treat viewers as idiots is backfiring....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The legacy of the indignadosMuch has been written about the indignados, what was new about them and what is, or will be, their legacy. It is...
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