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Eoghan Gilmartin

2 months

Really delighted to jointly win The Special Award at the European Press Prize with an incredible group of journalists!! It was an amazing project to work on.

European Press Prize

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2 months

The Special Award 2024 goes to "The Border Graves Investigation" ✨ Read it here: #europeanpressprize #journalism

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3 years

Chile's new defence minister with her grandfather:

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Gabriel Boric has named Maya Fernández Allende as Chile’s new defence minister, putting Salvador Allende’s granddaughter in charge of the military that overthrew him in a coup in 1973. Never let them tell you that we can’t overcome history’s injustices.

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Lamine Yamal celebrated his goal tonight by making the post code number of his working class Catalan neighbourhood Rocafonda - which far-right Vox has described as a "multicultural shithole". His father was fined €600 for throwing eggs at a Vox electoral table, not before...

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El padre de Lamine Yamal atacó una carpa de los ultraderechistas de VOX a huevazos al grito de "racistas". Fue multado con 600€ y declaró en el juicio:"Tenía motivos. Soy un ser humano". Hoy su hijo se convierte en el futbolista más joven de la historia en marcar en una Eurocopa

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10 months

Is Podemos leader @ionebelarra the only government minister in Europe who participated in a Palestinean solidarity march this weekend?

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Fascism pays in Spain is the message @elmundoes has gone for this weekend, with a full 2-page spread on the 50th birthday of Franco's great-grandson. With the headline "The work of my great-grandfather Franco is still alive and well. His achievements continue to benefit us."

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4 years

The final survivor of La Nueve, the company of Spanish Republican soldiers who were the first to enter Paris in 1944, has died aftering having contracted the coronavirus. Rafael Gómez Nieto was aged 99. Que la tierra te sea leve.

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6 years

Some amazing photos from the indefinite taxi strike in Spain. Began 6 days ago in Barcelona after BCN en Comu's regulations aimed at Uber and Cabify were blocked by courts. Now has spread nationwide, with taxis now occupying main thoroughfares in Madrid, Valencia and other cities

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Josep Borrell in El País today: "Von der Leyen's trip, with such an absolutely pro-Israeli stance, without representing anyone beyond herself in a matter of international politics, has had a high geopolitical cost for Europe".

Borrell: “Putin y Trump aún no han ganado, pero pueden ganar; Europa tiene que despertar”

El alto representante de la UE para Política Exterior reclama a los Estados miembros que aumenten y aceleren la ayuda a Ucrania

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Vox's huge far-right rally is beginning in Madrid this morning with chants of "Viva España! Viva Israel!" Guests include Le Pen 🇫🇷, Ventura 🇵🇹, Orbán 🇭🇺, but the star of the show will be Javier Milei 🇦🇷. Also Israel's minister to combat anti-semitism is due to speak to a room

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1 year

New left-wing Spanish TV channel @CanalRed_TV launches this morning, a project headed by ex-Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias. Such alternative media organizations are badly needed both in Spain n throughout Europe and can only wish them success.

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9 months

Having been worked up by the apocalyptic rhetoric of right-wing politicians, the country's top judges and reactionary press, tonight the Spanish street is heating up after five nights of protests outside #Ferraz with the most radical elements of Spanish society feeling emboldened

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2 years

Largest protest march in years in Madrid as hundreds of thousands pack the city centre in defence of the region's public health system and against Trumpian premier Isabel Ayuso

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...telling the judge: "I had my motives. I am a human being. On that day my son was travelling with the Spanish national team to represent this country and these racists came [to our barrio] and stood next to a school where there are people of all kinds of races." #AntiFascista

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3 years

Iglesias' characterisation of Vox here is interesting: as a party representing a reaction from sectors within the state. "It is a party full of judges, civil servant and lots of police, military officers. It is a party born of the state and from state civil servants"

Pablo Iglesias 🔻{R}

@PabloIglesias

3 years

El bipartidismo terminó por mucho que algunos deseen que vuelva 👇🏻

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3 years

Vargas Llosa's support really is the kiss of death

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Nico Williams' brother and club mate Iñaki has talked eloquently about what his parents had to endure to reach Spain as refugees - crossing the Sahara, forced to bury companions along the way and scaling the 3 massive fences at the Melilla border.

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3 years

The image of Pablo Iglesias' 1st day on the campaign trail in Madrid - confronting a group of neonazis who were seeking to disrupt a Podemos event. He resigned as Spain's Deputy PM this morning. (photo @DaniGagoPhoto )

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6 years

All my support to Spanish journalist @AntonioMaestre who is being sued by the far-right Vox party for asserting that their hate-filled discourse towards feminism makes them complicit in gender violence. His response: 'I don't apologise when confronted by the extreme-right' ✊

AntonioMaestre

@AntonioMaestre

6 years

Tengo algo que decirle a @vox_es sobre su querellita de ofendiditos.

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4 years

Why is the @eu_eeas defending the Francoist Minister Martín Villa from crimes against humanity in an Argentinian court? Is that the official diplomatic position of the European Union - defending Spanish fascists from prosecutions? Commissioner Phil Hogan was forced to resign...

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...containing numerous Holocaust deniers. Event kicks off with video denouncing the UN Agenda 2030 development goals, a favourite target for party ideologue Jorge Buxade. "We must put an end to these Communists who want to take away our families and freedoms", Mercedes Schlapp

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3 years

At the heart of Spain's new memory law there is a massive contradiction: The law seeks to at last force the spotlight onto Franco's victims but while also ensuring the crimes of Francoism remain hidden from view. @tomvvardle and I for @tribunemagazine

Misremembering Franco

Spain's new 'memory law' attempts to grapple with Franco-era crimes – but without acknowledging the continuity between the dictatorship and the current system, there can be no real justice.

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3 years

Spanish police attacking protesters defending LGBTQ rights in Madrid tonight. They are thugs but the inability or unwillingness of the country's progressive coalition to reign such violence is not acceptable. How often have we seen such scenes in the last 6 months?

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Spain's budget agreement will see health spending rise by 151.4%, spending on public housing by 367%, and 12 billion of EU funds for a green transition. Increases in income tax on high earners, capital gains tax n taxes on assets as well as rent controls

Los Presupuestos contarán con una inversión pública récord de 239.765 millones y subida de impues...

La partida de Sanidad se incrementará en 3.064 millones más, un 151,4% más; la cuantía para Vivienda subirá un 367% más, con un incremento de 1.772 millones, mientras que el ministerio de transición...

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Globally the Spanish Civil War is told as a narrative of heroic defeat but for Spain the consequences still live on in the power relations n structural inequalities that plague the country. My review of @AntonioMaestre 's book Franquismo SA for @jacobinmag

Franco’s Stooges Still Dominate the Spanish Economy

Four decades since Spain’s transition to democracy, nostalgists for the Franco era are sharply resisting calls to topple its monuments and recognize its victims. Their fight to control historical...

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Podemos founder Pablo Iglesias is opening a bar in Lavapies, Madrid next week called the Garibaldi Taberna. Not clear how much he is charging for a margarita Marcos, mojito Fidel, daiquiri Ché or a negroni Gramsci. But hopefully they will reflect spirit of its Kautsky slogan

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3 years

Tal día como hoy hace 50 años los paracaidistas británicos dispararon a veintiocho civiles, matando a catorce, en una marcha por los derechos civiles en Derry, Irlanda. Ninguno de los responsables de la masacre del Domingo Sangriento ha sido juzgado.

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Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria where more than 5,000 Spanish Republicans were exterminated. When the US troops arrived, they were met with a banner that read "Spanish Anti-Fascists Welcome the Forces of Liberation."

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En Irlanda, el ministro de agricultura, un comisario europeo y el vicepresidente del Senado se vieron obligados a dimitir por asistir a un evento parecido.

Irish Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary resigns for attending golf dinner

Dara Calleary had been in post for a month after Barry Cowen was sacked over a drink-driving scandal.

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AntonioMaestre

@AntonioMaestre

4 years

Los botellones no, pero las galas en las que se reune el IBEX, medios y político sin problema. Tendrían que dimitir todos y cada de los asistentes. De Ayuso a Illa.

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“Dublin is dead and everybody knows it. Everyone’s mates are in Berlin, or Glasgow, or Canada, or maybe even Belfast. They killed it. Fine Gael and Fianna Fail and landlords and Spoons and international capital and vulture funds and REITs and everything in between”

Tribune

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Dublin is sold as a modern city that is home to the world's most dynamic industries – but for its residents, daily life is scarred by one of Europe's worst housing crises and rampant workplace precarity.

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Today between 12.00-19.00 electricity in Spain is being produced at zero cost while across the 10 hours of sunlight, each MWh consumed will cost between 1-2 cents. The Spanish wager on renewables is really paying off.

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2 years

So petty and undiplomatic, Spain's King Felipe VI is the only guest not to stand up as Bolívar's sword is brought to the stage during Gustavo Petro's inauguration. A basic degree of respect for your hosts is not that much to ask...

Gener Usuga

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Y el Rey de España, el único que se quedó sentado cuando llegó la espada de Bolívar a la posesión presidencial. La misma con la que el libertador combatió al ejercito español hace más de 200 años.

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30 percent of Spanish citizens are bilingual n today for the 1st time MPs have the right to intervene in Catalan, Gallego and Euskerra in parliament. But as a PSOE MP begins to speak in Gallego, far-right Vox MPs walked out leaving their translators by Pedro Sanchez's empty seat

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🔴 #ÚLTIMAHORA | Los diputados de Vox protestan por el uso de las lenguas cooficiales y abandonan el Congreso dejando sus dispositivos de traducción simultánea en el escaño de Pedro Sánchez

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In one of the largest excavations of a mass grave in Western Europe in recent decades, Seville city hall has discovered nearly twice the number of bodies than had been expected, with the remains of 1,700 victims of Francoist terror so far discovered.

Horror infinito en el feudo de Queipo: la búsqueda en las fosas de Sevilla se amplía a 4.000...

Los exhumados superan ya los 1.700, del doble de lo previsto: unas 500 familias han dado ADN para las identificaciones

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Spain becomes first country in the world to introduce equality in paid parental leave - with both parents now receiving a non-transferrable 16 weeks each.

España es desde hoy pionera en permisos por nacimiento iguales y pagados al 100%: "Con mi primera...

En 2021 culmina la reforma de los permisos de paternidad puesta en marcha en marzo del 2019, un "logro histórico" que busca cambiar los roles de género y cerrar brechas laborales

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After more than 4 years of worker organising, Spain is the first EU country to legally recognise delivery riders as the employees of digital platforms. My latest for @tribunemagazine looks at the struggle over the country's new Rider Law.

Spain’s New ‘Rider Law’ Could Change the Gig Work Game

After more than four years of worker organising, Spain is the first EU country to legally recognise delivery riders as the employees of digital platforms – the next step is stamping out bogus...

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@EoghanGilmartin

9 months

The Spanish right have no idea how to build a barricade

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1 year

Barcelona's left-wing mayor Ada Colau is in a tight race for re-election tomorrow. A historic 3rd term for the former anti-eviction activist would prove the left can reject the market-led development of our cities – and win. My latest for @tribunemagazine

Barcelona Is Fighting for the Right to Housing

Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau has taken housing out of the hands of profiteers. In tomorrow's election, she aims to prove that socialists can reject the market-led development of our cities – and win.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Pedro Sánchez is a brilliant tactician, capable of audacious political manoeuvres over short distances. His shock decision to call an early election in May looks to have paid off. Even if he can't govern, he has reasserted PSOE's domination over left n maybe got a hung parliament

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Madrid rental prices have increased 14.2% over the last year (far above the national rate of 4%). But in Catalunya, the only autonomous community to implement the rent control provisions in new housing law, they grew by only 0.8%. In May prices even fell

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Quote source:

El catalán Lamine Yamal y el vasco Nico Williams contra el racismo de la ultraderecha

Vicente del Bosque ensalza a los hijos de la inmigración de la selección: “Tenemos a inmigrantes que nos hacen mejores, aunque a algunos no les guste”

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10 months

Massive Palestinean solidarity march underway in Madrid

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The architect of Vox's election campaign is MEP Jorge Buxadé. A state’s attorney with links to Opus Dei, he twice stood as a candidate for the fascist Falange in his 20s, before joining PP in 2004. His trajectory reflects that of the wider Spanish right🧵

Spain’s Far Right Say They’re Rebels — But the Establishment’s Already Accepted Them

A decade ago, Spain was often cited as a rare European country without far-right MPs. But polls for Sunday’s election suggest the Franco-nostalgist Vox party is about to enter national government,...

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1 year

Mad that only five years ago the polls in Spain looked like this:

Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

6 years

Wow - El Pais poll has Podemos up to second but ten points behind Ciudadanos. PP and PSOE third and fourth.

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5 days out from Spain's election and on the 87th anniversary of the military uprising which provoked the Spanish Civil War, we have the Falange being allowed to put this openly fascist poster on side of Madrid city bus: Ofc, that was the former party of the architect of Vox's

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Pedro Sánchez has pulled off a masterstroke in Spain – and shown one of the keys to successfully mobilising against the far right is... working with the left. Me in @guardianopinion

Sanchez has pulled off a masterstroke in Spain – and shown Europe how to beat back the hard right |...

The PM’s decision to go to the polls was a canny move from one of the most successful centre-left politicians of the past decade, says journalist Eoghan Gilmartin

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10 months

Spain's social affairs minister Ione Belarra calls on the country's government to denounce Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court for war crimes "in the face of the attempted genocide that the Israeli state is pursuing."

Ione Belarra

@ionebelarra

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Ante el intento de genocidio que está llevando a cabo el Estado de Israel en Gaza, proponemos que el Gobierno de España lleve a Netanyahu ante la Corte Penal Internacional por crímenes de guerra.

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In her speech at the rally marking the 100th anniversary of the Spanish Communist Party, Deputy PM Yolanda Díaz announces a new political project for the Spanish left that "starts from now and in dialogue with everyone". For her 1st major speech in her role as leader of the left

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Vox needs to find a smaller square to hold its anti-government rallies. A half empty Colón doesn't exactly project an image of strength.

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"The Communist Manifesto speaks to us of utopias encrypted in our present and in which beats, today as yesterday, a vital and passionate defence of democracy and freedom." Gracias a @Yolanda_Diaz_ y @joseovejero2017 por dejarnos traducir este maravilloso texto a inglés.

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Spanish Deputy Prime Minister @Yolanda_Diaz_ writes about the enduring relevance of 'The Communist Manifesto' – a critique from which capitalism, for all its longevity, has not managed to escape.

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Today Spain's Democratic Memory Law finally comes into force and with it the Francisco Franco Foundation becomes an illegal org. Yet more importantly the political convictions of tens of thousands of republicans are finally expunged, with the Francoist courts deemed illegal.

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Ministers in Spain's new progressive gov. were announced today n among them is the Communist Sira Rego whose father is Palestinian. She spent part of her childhood in the occupied West Bank. On Oct 7, she wrote: "Palestine has the right to resist after decades of occupation...

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Pasé parte de mi infancia en #Palestina . Lo que se ve al fondo de esta foto es mi ciudad rodeada por el muro israelí que prevé eliminar parte de una escuela.

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There is no political crisis in Spain; quite the opposite - the amnesty law published today, as well as the agreement for further devolution of state powers represent democratic advances. This time next week Pedro Sanchez will have formed a new government with a diverse majority

End Wokeness

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Tucker Carlson has joined the uprising against the socialist coup in Spain He was spotted tonight with opposition leader Santiago Abascal in Madrid:

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Since becoming leader of Unidas Podemos last April, deputy PM Yolanda Díaz has not only sought to reposition the Spanish left as a credible governing force but also to contest PSOE’s self-representation as the party of labor. My latest on @Yolanda_Diaz_

Yolanda Díaz Is Fighting to Make the Spanish Left Work

Since becoming Unidas Podemos leader last April, Spanish labor minister Yolanda Díaz has broken the populist party out of its rut. She’s won concrete gains for organized labor through her government...

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Yesterday it was revealed the sheer extent of the illegal spying operation against Podemos in 2015-16 - with more than 50 left-wing MPs subject to police monitoring, wiretaps and investigations under Rajoy's admin. For the PP interior minister this was "all part of God's plan"...

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Today 93 year old Agustina Recio will finally bury the remains of her father, Florentino, 86 years after his murder by Francoists in the early months of the Spanish Civil War in Recas, Toledo. "The worst moment of my life was when they took my father from my home.I was only 6."

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A massive feminist demonstration in Madrid tonight against the extreme right VOX party's polemic on gender violence and the spread of anti-feminist rhetoric on Spanish Right.

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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez may resign after a judge launched a bogus corruption probe targeting his wife, Begoña Gómez. The case is a farce pushed by far-right lobbyists that shows the need to rein in Spain’s politicized judiciary. My latest for @jacobin

Activist Judges Want to Oust Spain’s Broad-Left Government

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez may resign after a judge launched a bogus corruption probe targeting his wife, Begoña Gómez. The case is a farce pushed by far-right lobbyists that shows the need...

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Impressive turnout at the Western Sahara protest outside the foreign ministry in Madrid today against Pedro Sanchez's decision to break with the United Nation's position and back the Moroccan occupation of the former Spanish colony.

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Chileno Jose Antonio Cast is emphasizing Vox's pivotal role in the far-right's international organization: "Thanks to Vox, thanks to the (anti-communist) Foro de Madrid, thanks to the Fundación Vincenzo for the hope and strength they have given to many...in Latin America."

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Not going to summarize 2 years of factional warfare on the Spanish left in a tweet but let's just say her position on Palestine has basically nothing to do with the decision. No one comes out of this looking good but it's a Q of a contested leadership transition on radical left

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"Sumar is about widening the Left’s [electoral] limits to form a majoritarian project capable of changing the political balance of forces in this country." My interview with Spanish Communist Party leader @EnriqueSantiago on new left unity project Sumar

Spain’s Labor Minister, Yolanda Díaz, Is Working to Rebuild the Left

Spain’s labor minister, Yolanda Díaz, is a Communist — and her success restoring workplace protections has made her the country’s most popular politician. Now her new electoral platform Sumar is...

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Party atmosphere outside PSOE's headquarters on Calle Ferraz. The Socialists might not be able to form a government but it's quite the comeback.

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The fascist monks at the Valley of the Fallen defying Spain's historical memory law today with a mass celebrating the 88th anniversary of Franco's coup. Hopefully by this time next year they will be evicted as planned n the site's resignification proceeds

Los monjes de Cuelgamuros retan al Gobierno y celebran una nueva misa franquista por el 18 de julio

El Movimiento Católico Español, un partido político con registro legal que hace apología de la dictadura, prepara un encuentro en la basílica. La comisión interministerial que ordenará la salida de...

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Spain is not living out an Almodóvar drama as some Anglo commentors have suggested but rather we are witnessing the desperate shamelessness of reactionary elements of its ruling class on the defensive.

Colin Millar

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To summarise this week: Luis Rubiales will not leave, his mother is willing to starve herself so that he does not leave and the Spanish FA are open to entirely self-destructing Spanish football to prevent him from leaving. Its 11am on Monday morning.

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The United States becomes the first major power in the world to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the illegally annexed Western Sahara but the US/EU complicity with the occupation regime stretches back decades. My latest for @jacobinmag

Donald Trump Has Just Traded Western Sahara Like a Victorian Colonialist

The Trump-brokered deal between Morocco and Israel normalizes relations between the two states. But the outgoing president bought Morocco's agreement by endorsing its ownership of Western Sahara —...

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On the 85th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War, Paul Preston tells me how 'Britain Helped Franco Destroy Spanish Democracy.'

Jacobin

@jacobin

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Eighty-five years ago, Francisco Franco declared victory in the Spanish Civil War. In an interview, historian Paul Preston tells Jacobin about the decisive role that Franco’s sympathizers in the British government played in crushing Spanish democracy.

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Eoghan Gilmartin

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Chikli is now saying the rigged eurovision vote that saw Spain give 12 points to Israel is proof of a silent majority who, unlike the current government, supports Israel. The Israeli govhas admitted it invested in ensuring their act would win support

El Gobierno de Israel confirma que invirtió mucho dinero para fomentar el voto a Eden Golan en...

Un alto cargo del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores israelí admite que el alto televoto recibido por Eden Golan en la final del festival estuvo precedido de una importante campaña promovida por ellos:...

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Spain has staked out the most pro-Palestinian position in the EU on Gaza, with ministers from left-wing Sumar going so far as to characterize Israel’s campaign as one of "genocide against the Palestinian people" I examine the (relative) Spanish exception:

Why Spain Opposed the West’s Punishment of UNRWA

When the US suspended aid to the main UN aid agency in Gaza, the Spanish government increased its funding. While most Western countries follow a dogged pro-Israel line, left-wing ministers in Spain...

jacobin.com

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Valencia's new Vox deputy premier and ex-bullfighter, Vicente Barrera: "It was Francoism that brought democracy to Spain...the political class under Franco was outstanding. No one should feel ashamed at having been a Francoist minister or that their father or grandfather was."

Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

1 year

If you want a preview of what a PP-Vox gov. will look like after July's election, you only have to look to the coalition agreement they've just reached at a regional level in Valencia: 1. Vox has secured the interior, culture and agriculture portfolios, naming an ex-bullfighter

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Beyond the spectacle of last Sunday's Vox convention in Madrid is a serious project to organise the far-right internationally. And the Spanish extremist party is taking on a coordinating role within this 'Reactionary International'. Me in @tribunemagazine

The Reactionary International

This week in Madrid, a Vox party rally brought together Holocaust deniers, Israeli officials and right-wing leaders from around the world — putting Spain at the centre of a new far-right internatio...

tribunemag.co.uk

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@EoghanGilmartin

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Spanish government has recalled its ambassador for consultations in response to Milei's attack against Sánchez wife - which its foreign minister characterised as unprecedented in international relations.

Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Milei attacking Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez on stage in Madrid: "The global elites don't realise how destructive it is to implement socialist ideas and what level of corruption it can lead to. For example when you a corrupt wife and you take 5 days to think about it."

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Beyond football, Florentino Pérez's lasting legacy is having played a vanguard role in the remaking of Spain’s state and economy through three decades of savage neoliberalisation. My latest for @tribunemagazine

The Evil Empire of Florentino Pérez

Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez wasn't just a key player in the botched European Super League – he is also a voracious capitalist, profiteering from outsourcing and privatisation at the...

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

2 years

After more 20 days on strike, 20,000 metal workers in Cantabria, Spain have secured a 14 percent pay rise over the next two years. The message from the union movement is a dignified salary or conflict. Now the country's left-wing coalition must act to protect living standards

Unai Sordo

@UnaiSordo

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Ratificado el preacuerdo del convenio del metal de Cantabria. Tras 20 días de huelga un gran acuerdo que subirá los salarios un 14% hasta 2024. Con organización y compromiso, es posible. Enhorabuena!! #SalarioOConflicto

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André Ventura, Chega's leader is up next. "We want strong borders because Europe is ours. Europe is ours!" "We have to protect those who are suffering but we cannot continue to have this mass arrival of Islamic and Muslim migrants in Europe."

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@EoghanGilmartin

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Pedro Sanchez must now be the favourite to form a government at 80 percent of votes counted. PSOE, Sumar and regional allies are much closer to reaching a majority of seats Currently chants for PP's Madrid regional chief Isabel Diaz Ayuso outside of PP's HQ. Is Feijoo a dead man?

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@EoghanGilmartin

4 years

I had the opportunity to sit down with @PabloIglesias this week to discuss Spain's left in government, the current historical moment and Podemos' trajectory over the last six years. Out soon over at @jacobinmag @jacobinlat (photo @DaniGagoPhoto )

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#CatalanGate is the largest confirmed political spyware campaign in the EU, which once again lays bare the democratic deficiencies of Spain's post-Franco constitutional regime. My latest for @novaramedia

Spain’s Democracy is Being Undermined by Deep State Actors | Novara Media

The news that Spain’s prime minister had his phone hacked by Pegasus spyware last year is just the latest in a scandal that has laid bare the democratic deficiencies of the country’s post-Franco...

novaramedia.com

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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"Jacobin witnessed a number of police beatings inflicted on protesters who posed no obvious threat to authorities. In some cases, they were simply passersby who were caught among the stragglers,as police and riot squads ramped up their violent retaliation"

Catalonia’s “Democratic Tsunami”

The clashes in Barcelona reflect intense popular anger at the jailing of Catalan leaders. Since 2017’s disputed referendum, the conflict has appeared increasingly intractable — and as protests become...

jacobin.com

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Only one individual’s name appears in Spain’s 1978 constitution –that of the man who fled the country on Sunday night, ex-king Juan Carlos.The scope of the allegations against him and his sudden escape raise wider questions about Spain's democractic regime

Spain’s Former King Has Fled, But His Cronyism Remains

On Sunday night, Spain’s former king Juan Carlos fled the country in order to evade prosecution over mass-scale money laundering. Once hailed as a leader of the transition away from dictatorship, the...

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@EoghanGilmartin

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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez tells Netanyahu "the suffering of 100s of thousands of people in Palestine is appalling" and "the number of civilians killed [in Gaza] is truly unbearable"; "Israel must abide by int. law." He calls it to take "urgent steps" towards a lasting ceasefire

El HuffPost

@ElHuffPost

8 months

Sánchez, a Netanyahu: "El número de palestinos muertos es realmente insoportable"

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Pablo Iglesias resigns as Podemos leader. The most talented left-wing leader of his generation in Europe who has endured years of media attacks. But in the last 16 months he has not been able to deliver in government

Spain in English

@SpainMMG

3 years

#LATEST Pablo Iglesias, leader of the Podemos party, has announced he is to quit politics. @PabloIglesias @PODEMOS #SpainInEnglish

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Eoghan Gilmartin

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The violent and aggressive tactics being used by the Spanish police against striking metal workers in Cadíz are disgraceful. There is no justification for deploying armoured cars and using of rubber bullets and tear gas against pickets.

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

2 years

Thanks to Celtic fans who brought some dignity to the Santiago Bernabeu for once, displaying the Spanish Republican flag!

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@EoghanGilmartin

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"This week, Spain took a further step towards a 100% renewable model: on Tuesday, between 10 am and 7pm, renewable sources (sun, wind, water) generated more energy than was needed to cover national demand."

La otra excepción ibérica: el sol y el viento ponen a la Península en el mapa energético

El auge de las renovables sitúa a España y Portugal ante la oportunidad histórica de cambiar su tradicional papel de importadores de energía por exportadores de electricidad barata. Atraer industria...

elpais.com

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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One of the most talented left-wing leaders of his generation, Pablo Iglesias retired from politics last night. @Tommy___Greene n I look at how Podemos' wager to enter coalition with PSOE last year has not paid off in terms of halting its declining numbers

So Long, Pablo Iglesias

Former Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias has retired from politics after last night’s election defeat – he was a pioneering figure on the European left, but couldn’t transcend the limits of Spain’s...

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Says a lot about the reactionary drift in the EU that only Spain and Ireland signed this

Pedro Sánchez

@sanchezcastejon

6 months

The EU's commitment to human rights and dignity can have no exceptions. Given the critical situation in Rafah, Ireland and Spain have just requested the @EU_Commission to urgently review whether Israel is complying with its obligations to respect human rights in Gaza. We also

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Eoghan Gilmartin

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Massive protest supporting self-determination for the Sahrawi people arriving in Puerta del Sol right now. "Morocco guilty, Spain responsible" for the occupation of Western Sahara is the chant on the anniversary of the Madrid Accords.

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Vox's head of its European list Jorge Buxade now speaking, laying out the priorities for "the patriotic and conservative parties of Europe": repealing the EU green deal, protect farmers, exploit all possible energy resources, free Brussels from "the diabolical Agenda 2030

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@EoghanGilmartin

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The architect of Vox's current campaign and probably its chief ideologue, Jorge Buxade, was previously a candidate for Falange. There is always room for greater nuance but as with Meloni in Italy, it seems completely reasonable that international media would use such context...

Eduardo Suárez

@eduardosuarez

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48 years have passed since Franco's death and @nytimes still thinks this is the right framework when writing about Spanish politics. Lazy, silly and wrong

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Spanish gig workers (and their unions) gain the right to access information on the algorithms digital platforms use so as to ensure a clear sense of how they affect working conditions. The legislation passed at cabinet today also recognizes them as employees of these platforms.

Yolanda Díaz

@Yolanda_Diaz_

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Spain has taken a big step to regulate the way algorithms affect labour. All people must be able to know the way in which technology affects their work. This is the first legislation at an international level that sets this type of transparency, towards fair labour relations.

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"Thank you Santiago Abascal for standing with the state of Israel rather than Hamas and Iran (ie like Sanchez). Thank you for standing with the truth, with goodness...This is an existential battle for the future of civilization against radical Islam." Amichai Chikli, Israeli min.

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Eoghan Gilmartin

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It seems fitting that Spain's new far-right darling and newly elected MEP, Alvise, started his political career as an intern working for the Lib Dems in the UK.

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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MADRID TONIGHT. On the day Spain sees record number of Covid cases, the capital's nightlife remains open for business -with this well-known bougie club seemingly not enforcing any restrictions. In terms of current restrictions Spain is now a complete outlier in Europe #COVIDIOTS

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Two weeks before Spain's delivery rider law comes into effect, Deliveroo has announced it's pulling out of the Spanish market. Turns out its business model is not sustainable without the exploitation of fake freelancers

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Eoghan Gilmartin

@EoghanGilmartin

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Moroccan fans celebrating in Madrid's Puerta del Sol

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What is so serious about prominant journalists like #Ferreras intentionally spreading false information about Podemos isnt simply the personal harm suffered by @PabloIglesias but that they sought to frustrate the hopes n demands of a whole generation of Spaniards demanding change

R0cs€r

@R0cser

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Cuando @PODEMOS fue primera fuerza en intención de voto se encendieron todas las alarmas y las cloacas comenzaron a funcionar. . @ErnestoEkaizer lo denunció. Escucharlo 👇 #FueraFerrerasDelPeriodismo (1 parte) 👇

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Eoghan Gilmartin

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A significant photo: Spain's left-wing deputy prime minister Yolanda Diaz meeting with the exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont in the European Parliament Puigdemont is in from the cold and any new PSOE-Sumar government will depend on his support n an amnesty law for Catalonia

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Eoghan Gilmartin

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Spain is one of the few European countries were anti-semitism has not been weaponised politically against the left with any success. And so Yolanda Diaz's use of the phrase 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' two days ago, was not even an issue.

ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz

@Israel_katz

2 months

In response to Spain's recognition of a Palestinian state and the antisemitic call by Spain's Deputy Prime Minister to not just recognize a Palestinian state but to 'liberate Palestine from the river to the sea,' I have decided to sever the connection between Spain's

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"Vox is a post-fascist party with no qualms about demonstrating its character in the most aggressive and brutal forms." I interviewed @AntonioMaestre for @jacobinmag about Spain's elections, the rise of the extreme-right and historical memory.

In Spain, Franco Still Lives

The exhumation of Francisco Franco was meant to help Spain get over four decades of fascist dictatorship. But as the country heads to general elections today, nationalist tensions are soaring — and...

jacobin.com

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Eoghan Gilmartin

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Sumar's humiliating result last night is hardly a surprise after its lost year of infighting and the complete lack of definition of its project. Its campaign was v poor but in large part that reflects a deeper hollowness of a formation built from office n staffed like a thinktank

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