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17 Oct 2021 5 minute read

Without water, there is no life

Industrial agriculture is drying up the land in Almeria, Spain. Vitalie Duporge speaks to activists and...

A worker wraps an iceberg lettuce at a lettuce plantation in Pulpi, near Almeria, southeast Spain February 13, 2017. Picture taken February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

26 Apr 2020 4 minute read

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The plight of Spain’s migrant workers

Many in Southern Spain's migrant workforce have long been alleging systematic exploitation from employers. Clare...

25 Apr 2019 4 minute read

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The new Spanish Islamophobia

A far-right regional party in Spain is making gains in the run up to national elections. Their strategy? A campaign of...

As Spain becomes the busiest staging post on the migrant Mediterranean route, Julian Hattem speaks to the African migrants in its North African enclaves.

24 Oct 2018 5 minute read

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Stranded in Melilla: the migrants stuck in Spanish enclaves

Julian Hattem speaks to the migrants trapped in limbo.

Ada Colau arrives at a municipal elections rally.

24 May 2018 5 minute read

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Reclaiming the city

In the Barcelona area, local governments and citizens are transforming municipal politics, finds Luke Stobart.

The Committees for the Defence of the Revolution blocked roads over Easter 2018

14 May 2018 5 minute read

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The state vs people power in Catalonia

How the Committees for the Defence of the Republic are fighting for democracy in Catalonia. Luke Stobart...

21 Mar 2018 5 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Five reflections on the death of Mame Mbaye

A migrant’s death provokes soul searching in Madrid. Sarah Babiker reports

Independence: a 2010 protest outside Gaudi’s La Pedrera in Barcelona after the Spanish Constitutional court struck down Catalonia’s autonomy statute.

29 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Rajoy’s gamble failed. Now it’s time to negotiate

Brutally quashing the Catalan vote hasn’t stopped the separatists. Marc Almodóvar writes.

Catalonia background: Catalan revolutionaries get ready for action to defend their revolution from Franco back in 1936.

13 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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Homage to Catalonia

Taking the long view of fearless resistance. By Kevin Buckland, writing from Barcelona.

The repression of the referendum in Catalonia: masked police take away ballot boxes

2 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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The day Spain’s fascist tactics stopped democracy

The Catalonia clampdown was violence vs a bottom-up approach. Kevin Buckland writes.

A campaigner speaks at an event organised by the CUP.

29 Sep 2017 6 minute read

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The radical party behind the Catalan referendum

Party or movement? Marc Almodóvar reports on Catalan anti-capitalists the CUP.

22 Aug 2016 4 minute read

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‘More understanding, more awareness, more dignity!’

Clelia Goodchild talks to members of the first union in Europe for illegal street vendors about what they...

1 Jul 2016 5 minute read

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Franco's ghosts

The dictator’s victims are still waiting to see their torturers on trial – and time is running out. By Mira Galanova...

11 Mar 2016 10 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Greece, Austerity, Brexit: What might a Plan B for Europe look like?

Claire Fauset was in Spain to hear leftwing politicians and social movements strike a claim for a new Europe...

23 Feb 2016 3 minute read

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Plan B for Europe

Nick Dearden offers a vision of a more democratic European Union.

9 Feb 2016 5 minute read

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Switching on to energy democracy

Popular participation, social ideals and ecological sustainability are key attributes of sustainable systems, Claire...

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