Canadians Should Envy Greeks
Canadians aren’t too envious of Greeks, Italians, and Egyptians right now, but maybe they should be. Though Canada has a relatively better economy and a stable political system, the other…
Spain
Molly’sBlog 2012-04-12 23:04:00
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR/ANARCHOSYNDICALISM: LATEST SPANISH GENERAL STRIKE A HUGE SUCCESS: March 29th saw a one day general strike in Spain that eclipsed previous general strikes in magnitude if one is to…
The Mary Jane debt solution
The Spanish village of Rasquera is 1.3 million euros in debt, and with Spain’s battered economy, not much relief in sight. Until now. This week, Rasquera held a referendum and…
Co-op beats Spanish recession
As one of the PIGS, the four (or six) European countries whose dysfunctional economies are much in the news these days, Spain is perhaps not the place you would expect…
Madrid Turned a Highway into a Park
Madrid made a very wise urban planning decision and buried a highway to make room for people and nature. Thanks to a lack of foresight, the Rio Manzanares was surrounded…
LNG Groundhog Day: Cheniere Energy Signs Yet Another Gas Export Deal on Gulf Coast
shutterstock_33324859.jpg Another day, another unconventional gas export deal signed. Nascent North American LNG (liquefied natural gas) export deals are happening so fast and furiously that it is hard to keep…
No More Bull Fighting in Catalonia
Bull fighting is animal cruelty that has some legitimacy in Spain, but that has started to change. For many years animal rights activists have been championing the safety and good-treatment…
European Revolt Against Austerity Picks Up Steam
Strikers in Italy resist austerity. It seems apparent that European politicians somehow missed out the economics class where they explain how massive cuts to public spending in the middle of…
Coca Cola sponsors the Pope
What would Jesus do? Would he take a trip to Spain that cost the Spanish taxpayers, in the midst of a severe economic crisis, $80 million while accepting sponsorship from…
Austerity Leads to Suicide Rate Increase
Friday’s Vancouver Sun had a short item that you might have missed, “Suicides up, road deaths down due to recession.” It’s in the bottom corner of page B5: Suicides rates…
Molly’sBlog 2011-06-19 01:38:00
INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:A TALE OF THREE COUNTRIES:The usual historiography of anarchism traces its beginnings to the international socialist movement and the First International. Like most things in the social sciences…
SPAIN 2010 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS!!
One of the happiest sporting moments of my life!!!! Not that often my favourite sports team wins... I’m a Leaf fan!