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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 19 Oct 2017
Monedero: “Spanish democracy is facing its most serious crossroads since the death of Franco”
The contention between Rajoy’s government and the Generalitat de Catalunya has been deepening with each passing day. There is no solution in sight, and instead we have witnessed the police […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 09 Oct 2017
Podemos’ Alternative for Catalonia
The crisis in Catalonia is an opportunity to build a new, democratic and plurinational Spain. After last weekend’s contested referendum was marked by widespread police violence, the standoff between […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 06 Oct 2017
Catalan Independence: 5 Things to Think About
Headlines and commentary across both Eastern and Western media have mainly focused on the Catalan independence referendum and the actions of Spanish police and the Spanish government’s attempts to disrupt […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe / Media Watch
- 04 Oct 2017
The Gross Dishonesty of the Mainstream Media on Catalonia
Due to social media, the mainstream media can no longer hide what happens. But they can attempt to frame our perceptions of it. What happened yesterday in Catalonia is that […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 30 Sep 2017
Joan Tafalla: “In Catalonia, it is all in the hands of the popular initiative”
The recent years of economic crisis in Spain have had two major consequences in the political landscape: the arrival of progressive political movements and the collapse of the two-party system. […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Europe / Latin America
- 15 Sep 2017
Hurricane Irma lays bare France’s Venezuela hypocrisy
Hurricane Irma has just passed through the Caribbean, in a procession of tragedies that have destroyed lives and left material damage behind. In response to this natural disaster, Venezuelan […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Europe
- 10 Sep 2017
Migrants: obligations and practices in “receiving countries”. The right of asylum under threat
‘Responsible’ wheeler-dealers continue to demand the payment of the debts of the countries in the Global South (the loans have contributed nothing to human and social development), considering that the […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 11 Aug 2017
The 2017 French Elections: A Grim Farce
Renowned Marxist Samir Amin analyses the decline of Western democracy, particularly in France, with very high abstention rates, landslides proclaimed by the media and an unprecedent dictatorship of financial capital. […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Europe
- 06 Aug 2017
Insights into the French Presidential and Legislative elections: “A mere window dressing”
History goes on…within the institutions of a worn-out Fifth Republic, of course, but especially tomorrow and the day after tomorrow in the businesses, the places of culture, and the street. […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Europe / United States
- 18 Jul 2017
Russia: a target, not a superpower
The corporate media’s constant use of Cold War terminology to describe the meeting of the U.S. and Russian presidents as a meeting of the “two superpowers” masks the present relationship […]