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Catalonia: The prison sentences are an attack on democracy
Marx21 This text was written on the afternoon of October 15. The situation is changing rapidly but, as the article explains, the basic arguments haven’t changed much in the last two years. Castellano · Català · English The long jail sentences declared on 14 October against pro independence political prisoners are a cause of outrage…
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Crisis in the Mediterranean: Open the borders
Laura Ribera and Ibrahima Dabo ES CA EN The situation in the Mediterranean is critical. European governments tell us that it is critical for security reasons. Their logic, and that of the European Union (EU), is that borders need protecting, to keep out “outsiders”. Meanwhile, NGOs, citizens’ movements and part of public opinion maintain that…
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Elections in Spain: crisis and polarisation
Marx21 [castellano] · [català] There are many headlines for yesterday’s elections: the victory of the Labour type Socialist Party; the entry into Spanish Congress of the far right VOX; the continuing importance of the Catalan struggle… It will be some time before a government is formed, and many issues will need further analysis. Socialist Worker…
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Bye, bye Rajoy: what now?
Marx21 [Català] · [Castellano] · [English] The expulsion from office of Mariano Rajoy and the PP is good news. It would have been better had they not been the biggest party at the last elections. It would have been better had they fallen as a direct result of mass mobilisation in the street, or a general…
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People power removes blanket ban on abortion in Ireland
Tina MacVeigh [Castellano] · [Català] · [English] On Friday 25 May 2018, people living in Ireland voted overwhelmingly to remove the 8th Amendment from the Irish Constitution. In a wonderfully fitting reversal of history, 66% voted last week to remove the Amendment – 67% had voted to insert it in 1983. Women in Ireland have lived under…
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The new Catalan president: An investiture that should not have been
Marx21.net [Català] · [Castellano] Finally, about six months after the elections of 21 December, 2017, the Catalan parliament has invested Quim Torra as the 131st president of Catalonia. This article deals with some of the debates there have been and the challenges we are now facing. This shouldn’t have happened If the Spanish government had…
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