“It’s like being in a disaster movie”, was the way that one person put it when asked how he felt about the recent wave of floods that have decimated large areas of Spain’s eastern coastline near Valencia. […]
These are days of unconsolable mourning and righteous anger in València. Accompanied by shouts of “murderer”, the king and queen of Spain were pelted with mud when they visited the area and on the same […]
In 2015, the Comunidad Valenciana celebrated the end of 16 years under the governance of the People’s Party (PP). The PP lost the absolute majority they had enjoyed in the region since 1999. A coalition […]
There is currently a generation of young workers in Spain who have no idea what “prosperity” means. Those who acquired a consciousness of their surroundings after the 2008 financial crash, which in the Spanish State […]
Pablo Iglesias, one of the founders of Podemos and its most prominent representative, announced his resignation from politics earlier this year – the tenth anniversary of the movement of the indignados which gave birth to […]
Following a highly polarized and bitter election campaign, the right-wing party, Partido Popular (PP), has emerged victorious in the elections in Madrid. Led by the far-right figure, Isabel Ayuso, the PP emerged as the winners, […]
Weeks of protests against the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél have rocked Catalonia and other parts of the Spanish state, becoming a lightning rod for the anger of a generation whose lives have hit a […]
The second wave of the new coronavirus pandemic is washing over Europe, with the Spanish state the first to suffer. Workers are being asked to pay again for the inability of capitalism to solve the […]
The November general election has failed to break Spain out of the political impasse, in which it has been locked for over a year. The revolutionary events which have shaken Catalonia have taken place while […]
Following a month long trial, the Supreme Court of the Spanish state pronounced brutal prison sentences on nine leaders of the Catalan independence movement. In total, prison sentences of over 100 years have been imposed […]
The general election which took place on 28 April in the Spanish state, like elections throughout Europe, at this time, was marked by a deep polarization. The election came on the heel of the revolutionary […]
The dramatic events that have shaken Catalonia and the Spanish state have national and international implications. The decision of the Spanish government – led by the right-wing PP government under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy – […]
The following eyewitness report from Barcelona is by Mick Barry TD (member of the Irish parliament) for Solidarity (and a member of the Socialist Party/CWI Ireland).
Hundreds rally to celebrate 30th anniversary of SE and 40th anniversary of Izquierda Revolucionaria / El Militante
Interview with Ana Garcia, General Secretary of the Sindicato de Estudiantes (Spanish Students’ Union)
Tens of thousands vote to strike in Student Union pre-strike assemblies
Another show of strength for independence – fight for a Socialist Catalonia
Catalonia; ’Podemos’, and the left
Only working class struggle can guarantee the right to decide and resist austerity
‘Podemos’ capitalises on failures of IU bureaucratic leadership
22M: A before and after moment for the class struggle
Let’s make 2014 the year of the political general strike!
A question of gender and class
Indefinite strikes, occupations, seeds of workers’ control
Debate centres on question of EU following massive human chain in favour of independence on 11 September
Defend pensions – General strike now to bring down the government!
What strategy to do away with rotten government and system?
Corruption crisis robs Rajoy government of all legitimacy
Capitalist establishment shaken by sustained mass movement
New panorama, which threatens a situation of practical "ungovernability"
Continue with the struggle! Name the date of a 48 hour general strike!
Growth in support for independence as early elections loom
Text of Socialismo Revolucionario leaflet
Now for an united and international mobilisation to take the struggle forward!
For a 48-hour general strike as next step in fight to kick out government and its policies!
Another blow to the PP government
Release the detainees! Solidarity messages needed
For a 48 hour general strike to bring down Rajoy government
“[R]ather than achieving convergence, the euro has sharpened the differences between the national economies”
International solidarity and action to oppose state brutality and austerity
New government faces impossible task
Overall PP majority, but left forces gain and new struggles on horizon
20 November election approaches as situation worsens
Build the mass resistance to austerity!
For an alternative to the rotten capitalist consensus!
This week is the 75th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, on 18 July 18. We mark this hugely important event in world history with an article first published on socialistworld.net in […]
Movement an electric shock to political life
Step up the fight for a general strike!
MPs forced to enter Catalan parliament in helicopters
Movement will not be broken by brute force!
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