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22 Jul 2015 7 minute read

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Migrant dreams clash with European reality

Those risking their lives migrating to Europe should know what life there is like, Mamadou Dia tells David Hewitt.

14 May 2015 5 minute read

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Their recession is not our degrowth!

Rather than just having less of the same, let’s have something different and better, says Federico Demaria....

1 May 2015 2 minute read

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Action on banks - what you can do

How to get involved... and some inspiration from Spain.

4 Feb 2015 4 minute read

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Podemos: ‘We have to rescue the people, not the banks’

Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod hear words to cheer at a rally of Spain’s mass-movement for...

28 Aug 2014 7 minute read

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The Spanish town where people come before profit

Jen Wilton and Liam Barrington-Bush explore Marinaleda, Spain’s communist utopia.

9 Jun 2014 2 minute read

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Only school dinners for Spain’s poorest children

The country now has the dubious distinction of having the second-highest child poverty rate in Europe, says Marian...

1 Jun 2014 2 minute read

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Spain's unlikely squatters

Evicted home owners are reclaiming empty properties from the banks, reports Koren Helbig.

9 Apr 2014 3 minute read

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Pursuing a world without migration has tragic consequences

Sub-Saharan migrants write an open letter to organizations and citizens around the world to protest their treatment by...

10 Jan 2014 4 minute read

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Shut up, stay put – and have nice babies

Spain’s new abortion law is just one more example of the government’s patriarchal, patronizing and hypocritical attitude, says...

4 Dec 2013 4 minute read

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This is not the Spain I knew

Marian Womack laments government austerity measures that are sparking an exodus of enlightened minds.

1 Nov 2013 2 minute read

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Our land, our freedom

Rural communities in Spain are reclaiming their farmland. Pablo Rabasco reports.

16 Oct 2013 4 minute read

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Stuck in the middle

Kim Bryan reports on migrants trapped in limbo in the Spanish fortress of Ceuta.

1 Apr 2013 5 minute read

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Resisting evictions Spanish style

The fallout the property bubble is mass homelessness. Melissa García Lamarca records how public anger has galvanized the...

1 Nov 2012 4 minute read

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Spain’s brain drain

Dan Hancox on the skilled young people who, after thirty years of Spanish democracy, are finding their...

The Spanish miners’ fight is our fight too

26 Jul 2012 3 minute read

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The Spanish miners’ fight is our fight too

As thousands protest in Madrid against mining subsidy cuts, Alan Hughes argues we should all resist reckless...

1 Mar 2012 5 minute read

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Frontline Africans: migrants hit by Europe's economic decline

What can African migrant workers do when faced with rising unemployment and racism in Europe? Sarah Babiker...

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