Photo by Joan Campderrós-i-Canas Judge Carmen Lamela of Spain’s National High Court – direct descendant of the fascist Franco-era Court of Public Order – took the war of the Spanish state against the Catalan pro-independence government to a new level of judicial violence on November 2. It was not enough
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Canadian Dimension: Spain: ‘Popular unity’ councils sworn in amid huge enthusiasm
Ada Colau • Photo by Marc Lozano The squares in front of scores of town halls across the Spanish state were jam-packed with enthusiastic crowds on June 13. Tens of thousands had gathered to celebrate the inauguration of progressive administrations elected in a leftward swing in the May 24 local
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Eyewitness Greece: The SYRIZA factor in European politics
Image from Public Domain The following talk, “The Greek elections – what next? SYRIZA and the fight against austerity,” was presented to the Department of Political Economy and the Australia-Greece Solidarity Campaign, March 10, 2015, at the University of Sydney’s New Law School. Dick Nichols is Green Left Weekly’s and
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